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emerize

emerize verb: to pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.

Verb

emerize (third-person singular simple present emerizes, present participle emerizing, simple past and past participle emerized)

  1. (transitive) To pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.

Forms of emerize

third-person singular presentemerizes
present participleemerizing
past participleemerized
pastemerized
alternative formemerise

Origin of emerize

From emery + -ize.

Questions about emerize

What does emerize mean?
Emerize means to pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.
What part of speech is emerize?
Emerize is a verb.
What is the past tense of emerize?
The past tense of emerize is emerized.

Words near emerize in the dictionary

  1. emerited
  2. emeriti
  3. emeritum
  4. emeritus
  5. emerituses
  6. emerize
  7. emerized
  8. emerizes
  9. emerizing
  10. emerod
  11. emerods

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