plasticize
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make something more plastic, especially by adding a plasticizer
- (intransitive) To become more plastic
- (transitive) To capitalize on something with ignorance to its significance or true value; to exploit something for monetary gain
Etymology
Suffix from English plastic (malleable, flexible).
Origin
English
plastic
Gloss
malleable, flexible
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Plasticine English
- aminoplastic English
- amyloplastic English
- antiplastic English
- antiplasticizer English
- apicoplastic English
- autoplastic English
- basiplastic English
- bioplastic English
- cacoplastic English
- ceroplastic English
- conplastic English
- cranioplastic English
- ecoplastic English
- embryoplastic English
- euplastic English
- euryplastic English
- fluoroplastic English
- haematoplastic English
- heteroplastic English
- homeoplastic English
- hydroplastic English
- ideoplastic English
- macroplastic English
- mesoplastic English
- metalloplastic English
- microplastic English
- nanoplastic English
- neoplastic English
- neuroplastic English
- nonplastic English
- normoplastic English
- oculoplastic English
- oncoplastic English
- organoplastic English
- plastic English
- plastically English
- plasticate English
- plasticator English
- plasticise English
- plasticism English
- plasticity English
- plasticization English
- plasticizer English
- plasticky English
- plasticless English
- plasticness English
- plasticrete English
- plasticware English
- plastify English
- plastisphere English
- polyplastic English
- pseudoplastic English
- pyroplastic English
- semiplastic English
- subplastic English
- superplastic English
- superplasticizer English
- synaptoplastic English
- thermoplastic English
- thermoplasticize English
- thromboplastic English
- unplastic English
- viscoplastic English
- xyloplastic English
- zymoplastic English
- plasticus Latin
- Plaste German
- Plastik German
- plastic Dutch, Flemish
- plastic French
- πλαστικός Ancient Greek
- プラスチック Japanese
- plastic Danish
- พลาสติก Thai
- plastig Welsh
- plastik Tagalog
- ပလတ်စတစ် Burmese
- ပလပ်စတစ် Burmese
- פלסטיק Hebrew (modern)
- plastiki Swahili
- 플라스틱 Korean
- būļajtiik Marshallese
- plastik Tok Pisin
- plastic
- plastify
- unplastic
- plasticky
- euplastic
- plasticate
- plasticise
- plasticism
- neoplastic
- Plasticine
- subplastic
- ecoplastic
- nonplastic
- conplastic
- plasticity
- bioplastic
- pyroplastic
- zymoplastic
- mesoplastic
- ceroplastic
- plasticator
- plasticware
- antiplastic
- nanoplastic
- plastically
- euryplastic
- plasticless
- oncoplastic
- cacoplastic
- plasticizer
- polyplastic
- semiplastic
- basiplastic
- autoplastic
- plasticrete
- xyloplastic
- ideoplastic
- plasticness
- hydroplastic
- apicoplastic
- oculoplastic
- macroplastic
- amyloplastic
- normoplastic
- viscoplastic
- superplastic
- microplastic
- homeoplastic
- neuroplastic
- aminoplastic
- plastisphere
- pseudoplastic
- fluoroplastic
- cranioplastic
- embryoplastic
- organoplastic
- thermoplastic
- heteroplastic
- haematoplastic
- synaptoplastic
- metalloplastic
- thromboplastic
- plasticization
- antiplasticizer
- superplasticizer
- thermoplasticize