fluidize

verb

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • simple present : fluidize
  • simple present, singular, third person : fluidizes
  • simple past : fluidized
  • present participle : fluidizing
  • past participle : fluidized

Senses

  • to cause (a solid) to behave like a fluid, as by pulverizing or by suspending pulverized particles in a moving gas
  • to suspend (something, such as solid particles) in a rapidly moving stream of gas or vapor to induce flowing motion of the whole