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homogenized

homogenized is the simple past and past participle of homogenize.

Meaning of homogenize

Verb

homogenize (third-person singular simple present homogenizes, present participle homogenizing, simple past and past participle homogenized)

  1. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
    • While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications...2015, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, The Biopolitics of Disability, page 21
    1. To blend or puree.
    2. To treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.

Adjective

homogenized (comparative more homogenized, superlative most homogenized)

  1. Having been made homogenous, said especially of milk (which when homogenized no longer separates into cream and skim milk).

Forms of homogenized

comparativemore homogenized
superlativemost homogenized

Words formed from homogenized

Phrases with homogenized

Questions about homogenized

What does homogenized mean?
Homogenized means having been made homogenous, said especially of milk (which when homogenized no longer separates into cream and skim milk).
What is homogenized the simple past and past participle of?
Homogenized is the simple past and past participle of homogenize.
What part of speech is homogenized?
Homogenized is an adjective.

Words near homogenized in the dictionary

  1. homogenizate
  2. homogenizates
  3. homogenization
  4. homogenizations
  5. homogenize
  6. homogenized
  7. homogenized milk
  8. homogenized milks
  9. homogenizer
  10. homogenizers
  11. homogenizes

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