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nitrify

nitrify verb: to treat or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound.

Verb

nitrify (third-person singular simple present nitrifies, present participle nitrifying, simple past and past participle nitrified)

  1. (transitive) To treat or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound.
  2. (transitive) To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism.
  3. (intransitive) To become nitre.

Antonyms of nitrify

Forms of nitrify

third-person singular presentnitrifies
present participlenitrifying
past participlenitrified
pastnitrified

Words formed from nitrify

Questions about nitrify

What does nitrify mean?
Nitrify means to treat or react with nitrogen or a nitrogen-containing compound.
What part of speech is nitrify?
Nitrify is a verb.
What is the past tense of nitrify?
The past tense of nitrify is nitrified.

Words near nitrify in the dictionary

  1. nitrifications
  2. nitrified
  3. nitrifier
  4. nitrifiers
  5. nitrifies
  6. nitrify
  7. nitrifying
  8. nitril
  9. nitrilase
  10. nitrilases
  11. nitrilate

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