oxidize
verb (used with object)
to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
has oxidized
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present perfectof oxidize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At least 50% of the soil has oxidized and eroded, in some places exposing the barren lime rock.
From Time Magazine Archive
My palms are faintly green, for like everything else on the ship, the tiller wheel has turned to copper and has oxidized green in the salt sea air.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The reason that the door will not move is because at the point where the two gears meet, some of the metal has oxidized.
From No Moving Parts by Murray F. Yaco
