crystalize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Could you clarify these remarks?
Types & categories
- clear up hypernym
Related & opposite
- clearness derivation
- clarification derivation
- elucidation derivation
- lucidity derivation
- clarifying derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
crystallize minerals
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Related & opposite
- effloresce causes
- crystallization derivation
- crystallization derivation
- quartz derivation
- crystal derivation
- physics domain topic
Sense 3 verb
assume crystalline form; become crystallized
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- crystallization derivation
- crystallization derivation
- quartz derivation
- crystal derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to take on a definite and clear shape
He tried to crystallize his thoughts
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
Related & opposite
- crystallization derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clearness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elucidation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lucidity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clarifying |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clear up |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | effloresce |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystallization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystallization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quartz |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystallization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystallization |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quartz |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | solidify |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | devitrify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crystallization |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |