verb
Meaning 1
To form a mixture of any kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hybridize
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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UK: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd.aɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
Meaning 6
To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
Meaning 7
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cross a horse and a donkey
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- these species do not interbreed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crossbreed, cross, hybridise, interbreed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breed
Narrower terms: backcross
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hybrid 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 hybridize From hybrid + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кръстосвам (krǎstosvam) — to cross-breed
- Bulgarian: хибридизирам (hibridiziram) — to cross-breed
- Catalan: hibridar — to cross-breed
- Czech: křížit — to cross-breed
- Māori: whakamomorua — to cross-breed
- Mongolian: эрлийзжүүлэх (erliizžüülex) — to cross-breed
- Portuguese: hibridizar — to cross-breed
- Romanian: hibridiza — to cross-breed
- Spanish: hibridar — to cross-breed
- Turkish: hibritleştirmek — to cross-breed