Usually means: Break down chemically with water.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word hydrolyze:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrolyze: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydrolyze: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hydrolyze: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hydrolyze: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hydrolyze: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hydrolyze, hydrolyze: Wordnik
  7. hydrolyze: Wiktionary
  8. hydrolyze: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hydrolyze: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hydrolyze: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hydrolyze: Dictionary.com
  12. Hydrolyze: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. hydrolyze: Rhymezone
  14. hydrolyze: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hydrolyze: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hydrolyze: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hydrolyze: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrolyze: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hydrolyze: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hydrolyze)

▸ verb:  (chemistry, transitive) To subject to hydrolysis.
▸ verb:  (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo hydrolysis.

Similar:
hydrolyse, dehydrogenate, hemolyze, dissociate, dissolve, dehydrogenize, pyrolysize, ionize, catabolize, decompose, more...

Opposite:
synthesize, combine, unite, merge, amalgamate

Types:
hydrolysis, more...

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Similar:
hydrolyse, dehydrogenate, hemolyze, dissociate, dissolve, dehydrogenize, pyrolysize, ionize, catabolize, decompose, more...

Opposite:
synthesize, combine, unite, merge, amalgamate

Types:
hydrolysis, more...



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