melanize

Other forms of melanize

past tense

melanized·

present participle

melanizing·

third person

melanizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about melanize

What does melanize mean?

melanize means "convert into, or infiltrate with melanin". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in melanize?

melanize has 3 syllables: me-la-nize. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for melanize?

Close synonyms include melanise, blacken, melanise, black. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is melanize a common word?

melanize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.