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catabolize |
to undergo or cause to undergo catabolism. |
clean |
to carry out or undergo a cleaning. [1/12 definitions] |
cook |
to undergo the process of cooking. [1/7 definitions] |
copolymerize |
to polymerize (two or more different monomers), or to undergo polymerizing. |
copy |
to undergo copying. [1/8 definitions] |
cure |
to undergo curing, as food, tobacco, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
decease |
to undergo the loss of one's life; die. [1/2 definitions] |
dialyze |
to undergo dialysis. [1/2 definitions] |
diffract |
to cause diffraction of, or undergo diffraction. |
dissociate |
of complex substances, to undergo chemical decomposition into simpler constituents because of variations in physical conditions. [1/5 definitions] |
experience |
to undergo or encounter; feel or know. [1/6 definitions] |
ferment |
to undergo the chemical change of fermentation. [1/4 definitions] |
fissile |
of matter, able to undergo nuclear fission. [1/2 definitions] |
fluoresce |
to exhibit, produce, or undergo radiation, esp. to emit visible light during or after exposure to radiation. |
glutton |
someone who exhibits an unusual readiness to undergo or withstand something, esp. something hard or unpleasant. [1/2 definitions] |
have |
to endure, undergo, or allow. [1/15 definitions] |
hydrolyze |
to subject to or undergo hydrolysis. |
incubate |
to undergo development by incubation. [1/5 definitions] |
infix |
to allow or undergo the addition of an infix. [1/5 definitions] |
integrate |
to undergo integration. [1/5 definitions] |
larva |
the young of other animals that undergo metamorphosis, at a similarly immature stage. [1/2 definitions] |
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