denature

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtʃə(r)

Verb

denature (third-person singular simple present denatures, present participle denaturing, simple past and past participle denatured)

1. to take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of a thing or a person
2. (in reference to alcohol) to add something that makes alcohol unsuitable for consumption but leaves the alcohol suitable for other purposes
   • While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces.
3. (chemistry) To subject (especially a protein) to conditions altering its original form or state.
4. To combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon.

Synonyms

• (to take away a natural characteristic of):

• denaturalize

Translations

to take away a natural characteristic of

Spanish: desnaturalizar (es)

to subject a protein to conditions altering its original form

Spanish: desnaturalizar (es)

Anagrams

• underate
• undereat