horizontalize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From horizontal + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To orient horizontally.
If we remove the restrictions, the bone will want to horizontalize itself. It will go to the position that is "normal" — right for that structure.
2007, Sam Binkley, Getting loose: lifestyle consumption in the 1970s - Page 224:
- (euphemistic) kill, assassinate, execute
- (transitive) To adapt to a horizontal market.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| horizontalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| horizontalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| horizontalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| horizontalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |