methylate (English, verb)
expansion: methylate (third-person singular simple present methylates, present participle methylating, simple past and past participle methylated)
Senses:
glosses: To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To add a methyl group to a compound
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression
Forms:
form: methylates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: methylating
tags: participle
present
form: methylated
tags: participle
past
form: methylated
tags: past