mechanize
verb (used with object)
to make mechanical.
mechanizing
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present participleof mechanize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Sybilla Masters invented corn-processing machinery in 1715, mechanizing the arduous task of pounding corn into meal or flour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died, according to the Lehigh Valley News.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
The cotton market had globalized and become increasingly competitive, but the state delayed mechanizing cotton production to continue offering low-skilled jobs that had low returns.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
The car-free carriage roads in a way became a hedge against modernity: Both summer people and locals would always have a place to escape the clattering engines of a mechanizing world.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
But always there was the same purpose stinking in it all, the mechanizing, the perfect mechanizing of human life.
From Twilight in Italy by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
