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lemonize

lemonize verb: to add or apply lemon to.

Verb

lemonize (third-person singular simple present lemonizes, present participle lemonizing, simple past and past participle lemonized)

  1. (transitive) To add or apply lemon to.
    • Small bits of ice, slightly salted or lemonized, will stop dizziness, headaches and indigestion.1918 January, Mazdaznan, volume 17, page 228
    • You can lemonise your lights, And grapefruitise your telly, You can run your hi-fi set on orange mousse.1980, The Electrical Review, volume 206, numbers 1-9

Examples of lemonize in a sentence

  • Wear gloves at all times if possible, and after each washing rinse with lemonized water, and apply Lemon Lotion.1992, Benjamin Darling, Helpful Hints for Housewives: A Treasury of Tips for the Model Homemaker, page 45:
  • Since Italian dishes can be on the oily side, learn to "lemonize" by ordering several lemon wedges that can help emulsify excess oil.1999, Ann Louise Gittleman, Super Nutrition for Men: Using Nutrition to Protect, Heal and Supercharge Your Body:
  • Don't forget to "lemonize" when you add your flaxseed oil.2002, Ann Louise Gittleman, The Complete Fat Flush Program, page 58:
  • Not improbably in Oman itself the citron had been already considerably "lemonized," the latter fruit being more useful.2009, Emanuel Bonavia, The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon:

Forms of lemonize

third-person singular presentlemonizes
present participlelemonizing
past participlelemonized
pastlemonized
alternative formlemonise

Origin of lemonize

From lemon + -ize.

Questions about lemonize

What does lemonize mean?
Lemonize means to add or apply lemon to.
How do you use lemonize in a sentence?
Wear gloves at all times if possible, and after each washing rinse with lemonized water, and apply Lemon Lotion.
What part of speech is lemonize?
Lemonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of lemonize?
The past tense of lemonize is lemonized.

Words near lemonize in the dictionary

  1. lemonime
  2. lemonimes
  3. lemoniness
  4. lemoning
  5. lemonish
  6. lemonize
  7. lemonized
  8. lemonizes
  9. lemonizing
  10. lemonless
  11. lemonlike

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