ANATOMIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they anatomize ... he / she / it anatomizes

Past simple: anatomized

Past participle: anatomized

-ing form: anatomizing

Meaning:

Analyze down to the smallest detail

Example:

This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "anatomize" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

anatomy (a detailed analysis)

Meaning:

Dissect in order to analyze

Example:

anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease

Synonyms:

anatomise; anatomize

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "anatomize" is one way to...):

dissect (cut open or cut apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)