calorize

calorize verb: to form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.

Verb (1)

calorize (third-person singular simple present calorizes, present participle calorizing, simple past and past participle calorized)

To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
- He finds that materials that have been mechanically worked calorize better than cast material.1927, United States National Bureau of Standards, Light metals and alloys: Aluminum. Magnesium, page 39
- Forged, wrought, drawn, rolled or pressed metals calorize better than cast metals.1930, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, page 689

calorize (third-person singular simple present calorizes, present participle calorizing, simple past and past participle calorized)

(dated, intransitive) To follow a diet that focuses on the number of calories in food.
- She too is calorizing. She will retain her flapper figure--- and starve herself to do it!1926, Pennsylvania's Health - Volume 4
- Mr. Coffey does not tell us whether he accomplished this admirable stabilization of his avoirdupois by exercising, by calorizing, or by reading James Joyce.1928, Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Richard Salter Storrs, The Independent - Volume 120, page 135
(transitive) To provide information about the number of calories in (a food item).
- Candy calorized has endeavored to show a woman that she puts on no more pounds eating candy than she does eating something else.1932, The Southern Pharmaceutical Journal - Volume 25, page 240
- Diet Plan: l3 to l4 days of completely calorized menus with the all-important basic four food groups included in each meal.1984, Restaurant Business - Volume 83, page 162
(transitive) To make (food) with high-calorie ingredients.
- While calorized feeds for poultry were being developed, scientists were also looking into an improved milk replacer for calves.1959, Poultry and Farm Supply World - Volumes 36-37, page 17

The foundry at Barberton is also equipped to dip calorize (coating with aluminum) steel plates and castings.1955, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Steam: its generation and use, page 24-14:
He will vitaminize and calorize you into gaining weight.1958, Peter Joseph Steincrohn, You can increase your heart-power, page 212:

third-person singular present	calorizes
present participle	calorizing
past participle	calorized
past	calorized

From Latin calor (“heat”) + -ize.

From calorie + -ize.

What does calorize mean?: Calorize means to form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
How do you use calorize in a sentence?: The foundry at Barberton is also equipped to dip calorize (coating with aluminum) steel plates and castings.
What part of speech is calorize?: Calorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of calorize?: The past tense of calorize is calorized.

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