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dasherize

dasherize verb: to convert (a string) to use hyphens as word separators.

Verb

dasherize (third-person singular simple present dasherizes, present participle dasherizing, simple past and past participle dasherized)

  1. (informal) To convert (a string) to use hyphens as word separators.

Forms of dasherize

third-person singular presentdasherizes
present participledasherizing
past participledasherized
pastdasherized

Origin of dasherize

From dash and -ize.

Questions about dasherize

What does dasherize mean?
Dasherize means to convert (a string) to use hyphens as word separators.
What part of speech is dasherize?
Dasherize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dasherize?
The past tense of dasherize is dasherized.

Words near dasherize in the dictionary

  1. dasheki
  2. dashekis
  3. dasher
  4. Dashera
  5. Dasherah
  6. dasherize
  7. dasherized
  8. dasherizes
  9. dasherizing
  10. dashers
  11. dashes

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