verb
Meaning 1
To treat or infuse with oxygen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- After we oxygenated the river, the fish returned.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oxygenize
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oxygenate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɒksɪdʒəneɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To give (a patient) oxygen therapy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oxygenate blood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oxygenize, oxygenise, aerate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: process, treat
History
Etymology
From oxygen or French oxygéner + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: насищам с кислород (nasištam s kislorod) — infuse with oxygen
- Catalan: oxigenar — infuse with oxygen
- French: oxygéner — infuse with oxygen
- German: oxygenieren — infuse with oxygen
- Greek: οξυγονώνω (oxygonóno) — infuse with oxygen
- Irish: ocsaiginigh — infuse with oxygen
- Italian: ossigenare — infuse with oxygen
- Italian: ossigenarsi — infuse with oxygen
- Japanese: 酸素を送り込む — infuse with oxygen
- Manx: ocsajeeneaghey — infuse with oxygen
- Portuguese: oxigenar — infuse with oxygen
- Spanish: oxigenar — infuse with oxygen
- Swedish: syresätta — infuse with oxygen
- Welsh: ocsigenu — infuse with oxygen
- Welsh: ocsigeneiddio — infuse with oxygen