emulsify

3 definitions found

emulsify - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Emulsify \E*mul"si*fy\, v. t. [Emulsion + -fy.]
     To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce
     from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat
     globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the
     semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies
     the oily part of food.
     [1913 Webster]

emulsify - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  emulsify
      v 1: cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion [ant:
           demulsify]
      2: form into or become an emulsion; "The solution emulsified"
         [ant: demulsify]

emulsify - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "emulsify":
     admix, alloy, amalgamate, beat up, bemingle, blend, churn, clabber,
     clot, coagulate, coalesce, colloid, colloidize, combine, commingle,
     commix, compose, compound, concoct, conglomerate, cream, curdle,
     emulsionize, fuse, hash, homogenize, immingle, immix, incrassate,
     inspissate, integrate, interblend, interlace, interlard,
     intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, jell, jellify,
     jelly, jumble, knead, lopper, merge, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix,
     mix up, scramble, shuffle, stir up, syncretize, thicken,
     throw together, toss together, whip, work