oxygenating
present participle ofoxygenate
oxygenate
verb[T]
chemistryuk/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒə.neɪt/us/ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒə.neɪt/toaddoxygento something:
Fishtanksoften have apumpwhich oxygenates thewater.
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aerate
Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- nuclear fission
- oxidize
- recondense
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- solidify
Examplesofoxygenating
oxygenating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It will have a bigoxygenatingplant, and it is going to turn the whole of the lagoon—1·8 hectares—into a bubble bath.
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The current idea seems to be to have a giantoxygenatingplant which would have to be turned on at regular intervals, and which could reinvigorate the whole lagoon.
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It then shows a lung in a tray, operated by bellows,oxygenatingblood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Replenishment of this in combination withoxygenatingsalts were seen as key to patient recovery.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan (hence the vernacular name fanwort) and is much favoured by aquarists as an ornamental andoxygenatingplant for fishtanks.
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- the big/bigger picture
- the-big-bigger-picture
- the Big Board
- the-big-board
- the big boys
- the-big-boys
- the big day
- the-big-day
- the big enchilada
- the-big-enchilada
- the bigger the better
- the-bigger-the-better
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall
- the-bigger-they-are-the-harder-they-fall
- the big I am
- the-big-i-am
- the big screen
- the-big-screen
- the Big Smoke
- the-big-smoke
- the Big Three
- the biosphere
- the-biosphere
- the bird has flown
- the-bird-has-flown