OPACIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they opacify ... he / she / it opacifies

Past simple: opacified

Past participle: opacified

-ing form: opacifying

Meaning:

Become opaque

Example:

the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

opacify (make opaque)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

opacification (the process of becoming cloudy or opaque)

Meaning:

Make opaque

Example:

The glass was opacified more greater privacy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

opacify (become opaque)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something