verb
Meaning 1
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
homogenize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/
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US: /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW0 M AA1 JH AH0 N AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
To blend or puree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
To treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- homogenize the main ingredients
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homogenise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
verb
Meaning 5
become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The two liquids homogenized in the blender
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homogenise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
verb
Meaning 6
break up the fat globules of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- homogenized milk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homogenise
Antonyms: curdle
Broader terms: change state, turn
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English homogen(eous) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homogenize From homogen(eous) + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: homogeneïtzar — to make homogeneous
- Chinese Mandarin: 均質 /均质 (jūnzhì) — to make homogeneous
- Dutch: homogeniseren — to make homogeneous
- Finnish: sekoittaa — to make homogeneous
- Finnish: homogenoida — to make homogeneous
- French: homogénéiser — to make homogeneous
- French: homogénéifier — to make homogeneous
- Galician: homoxeneizar — to make homogeneous
- Greek: ομογενοποιώ (omogenopoió) — to make homogeneous
- Hungarian: homogenizál — to make homogeneous
- Italian: omogeneizzare — to make homogeneous
- Polish: ujednolicać — to make homogeneous
- Polish: ujednolicić — to make homogeneous
- Portuguese: homogeneizar — to make homogeneous
- Spanish: homogeneizar — to make homogeneous
- Spanish: homogenizar — to make homogeneous
- Swedish: homogenisera — to make homogeneous
- Dutch: homogeniseren — to treat milk
- Finnish: homogenoida — to treat milk
- Polish: homogenizować — to treat milk
- Polish: zhomogenizować — to treat milk