All acidify synonyms
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A a noun acidify
- sour β having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- thicken β make thicker
- acerbate β to embitter or exasperate
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- clot β A clot is a sticky lump that forms when blood dries up or becomes thick.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- spoil β to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- ferment β Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- congeal β When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
- coagulate β When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- acidulate β to make slightly acid or sour
- clabber β curdled milk
verb acidify
- alienate β If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- fester β to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
- ripen β fruit, etc.: mature
- simmer β to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- froth β an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- effervesce β to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- seethe β to surge or foam as if boiling.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- churn β A churn is a container which is used for making butter.
- concoct β If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- sparkle β to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- moil β to work hard; drudge.
- bubble β Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
- boil β When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
- fizz β to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- foam β a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- inflame β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- heat β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- overflow β to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- rouse β to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- foment β to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- sour β having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- leaven β a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
- brew β If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- curdle β If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
- disenchant β to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- taint β the area between the testicles or vulva and the anus; the perineum.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- putrefy β to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- molder β to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.