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Martinize

Martinize verb: to clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process.

Verb

Martinize (third-person singular simple present Martinizes, present participle Martinizing, simple past and past participle Martinized)

  1. To clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process
    • “Hey, K-K-K-K. First day back's gonna be a busy one. First, I need you to go to the dry cleaners for me and find out how Martinizing works. I've always been curious. Then I need you to be back by noon to make the bathroom smell like sandalwood before I wreck it. You got that, K-PAX-O-Gum?” “I'm not...2010 September 23, Tina Fey, “The Fabian Strategy” (3:26 from the start), in 30 Rock, season 5, episode 1, spoken by Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan)
  2. To produce a coarse-grain structure of a protein topology

Forms of Martinize

third-person singular presentMartinizes
present participleMartinizing
past participleMartinized
pastMartinized

Origin of Martinize

From Martin + -ize.

Questions about Martinize

What does Martinize mean?
Martinize means to clean using the Martinizing dry-cleaning process.
What part of speech is Martinize?
Martinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Martinize?
The past tense of Martinize is Martinized.

Words near Martinize in the dictionary

  1. martinis
  2. Martinism
  3. Martinist
  4. Martinistic
  5. Martinists
  6. Martinize
  7. Martinized
  8. Martinizes
  9. Martinizing
  10. Martinmas
  11. Martinmas summer

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