gasify en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡæsɪfaɪ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English gasify From gas + -ify.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To convert into a gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes; to become a gas or aeriform fluid.
Butane will gasify at low pressure, and can be contained in light canisters.
1978, Rob Hunter, chapter 4, in The Spur Backpacking and Camping Cook Book, page 28:Fleets of automated diggers and carts would be manufactured to haul the processed material in to centralized factories, where the material would be gassified and released from tall mobile stacks.
1996, Kim Stanley Robinson, Blue Mars, page 245:[…] when we consider the disappearance of the dense smoke in Mr. Giddy’s experiment, there seems to be great reason to think that the charcoal was oxygenated and gassified.
1806, The Literary Magazine, and American Register, volume 5, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gasifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gasifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gassify | alternative | lexicographic | |
| gasified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gasified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gasifiable · regasify · degasify · gasifier
Relateds
Translations (24)
pl zgazowywać (to convert into gas) · pl zgazyfikować (to convert into gas) · bg газифицирам (to convert into gas) · bg превръщам в газ (to convert into gas) · el αεριοποιώ (to convert into gas) · pt gasificar (to convert into gas) · de vergasen (to convert into gas) · it gassificare (to convert into gas) · ca gasificar (to convert into gas) · ru превраща́ть в газ (to convert into gas) · fi kaasuunnuttaa (to convert into gas) · kk газдандыру (to convert into gas) · pt gaseificar (to convert into gas) · fi kaasuttaa (to convert into gas) · pl gazyfikować (to convert into gas) · ja 気化する (to convert into gas) · ko 기화(氣化)하다 (to convert into gas) · ru газифици́ровать (to convert into gas) · es gasificar (to convert into gas) · cmn 氣化 /气化 (to convert into gas) · ro gazifica (to convert into gas) · pl zgazować (to convert into gas) · vi khí hoá (to convert into gas) · fr gazéifier (to convert into gas)