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MACADAMIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they macadamize ... he / she / it macadamizes
Past simple: macadamized
Past participle: macadamized
-ing form: macadamizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surface with macadam
Example:
macadam the road
Synonyms:
macadamise; macadamize; tarmac
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "macadamize" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
macadam (a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar)
macadam (broken stone used in macadamized roadways)
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