TENDERIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they tenderize ... he / she / it tenderizes

Past simple: tenderized

Past participle: tenderized

-ing form: tenderizing

Meaning:

Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

Example:

tenderize meat

Synonyms:

tender; tenderise; tenderize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

tender (easy to cut or chew)

tenderization (the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it)

tenderizer (a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender)