Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to metabolize
Participle: metabolized
Gerund: metabolizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | metabolize |
| you | metabolize |
| he;she;it | metabolizes |
| we | metabolize |
| you | metabolize |
| they | metabolize |
Perfect
| I | have metabolized |
| you | have metabolized |
| he;she;it | has metabolized |
| we | have metabolized |
| you | have metabolized |
| they | have metabolized |
Past
| I | metabolized |
| you | metabolized |
| he;she;it | metabolized |
| we | metabolized |
| you | metabolized |
| they | metabolized |
Pluperfect
| I | had metabolized |
| you | had metabolized |
| he;she;it | had metabolized |
| we | had metabolized |
| you | had metabolized |
| they | had metabolized |
Future
| I | will metabolize |
| you | will metabolize |
| he;she;it | will metabolize |
| we | will metabolize |
| you | will metabolize |
| they | will metabolize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have metabolized |
| you | will have metabolized |
| he;she;it | will have metabolized |
| we | will have metabolized |
| you | will have metabolized |
| they | will have metabolized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | metabolize |
| you | metabolize |
| he;she;it | metabolize |
| we | metabolize |
| you | metabolize |
| they | metabolize |
Perfect
| I | have metabolized |
| you | have metabolized |
| he;she;it | have metabolized |
| we | have metabolized |
| you | have metabolized |
| they | have metabolized |
Imperfect
| I | metabolized |
| you | metabolized |
| he;she;it | metabolized |
| we | metabolized |
| you | metabolized |
| they | metabolized |
Pluperfect
| I | had metabolized |
| you | had metabolized |
| he;she;it | had metabolized |
| we | had metabolized |
| you | had metabolized |
| they | had metabolized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would metabolize |
| you | would metabolize |
| he;she;it | would metabolize |
| we | would metabolize |
| you | would metabolize |
| they | would metabolize |
Perfect
| I | would have metabolized |
| you | would have metabolized |
| he;she;it | would have metabolized |
| we | would have metabolized |
| you | would have metabolized |
| they | would have metabolized |
Imperative
| you | metabolize |
| we | Let's metabolize |
| you | metabolize |
Verbs conjugated like 'metabolize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'metabolize'
metabolise,
catabolize,
cometabolize,
metalize,
metallize,
remetabolize,
anabolize,
catabolise,
destabilize,
diabolize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “change, mutation”) + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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Among the many types of juice, grapefruit stands out from the pack because it changes the way some people absorb and metabolize different drugs. [2004, Walter C. Willett, “News About What You Drink”, in Mother Earth News:]
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The genes in question encode two enzymes that metabolize alcohol and its breakdown products; the two enzymes are known as alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase. [2004–05, Dustin Stephens, Robert Dudley, “The Drunken Monkey Hypothesis”, in Journal of Natural History, page 43:]
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We believe this to be the true way to teach zoölogy, for we doubt the value to a man of a mass of indefinite ill-digested text-book information. Occasionally an omnivore can take in every thing, and digest and so metabolize it as to organize it into healthy mental tissue. They are, however, the few. [1887 March 18, L. H., “Zoölogy in the college course”, in Science, volume IX, number 215, page 264:]