Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: nitrify  'nI-tru,fI
  1. Convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
     
  2. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
    - nitrogenize, nitrogenise [Brit]
     
  3. Treat (soil) with nitrates

Derived forms: nitrified, nitrifies, nitrifying

Type of: convert, enrich, feed, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, process, treat

Antonym: denitrify

Nearest

nitrate bacterium
nitrazepam
nitre
nitric
nitric acid
nitric bacteria
nitric bacterium
nitric oxide
nitride
nitrification
nitrify
nitril
nitrile
nitrite
nitrite bacterium
nitro-
nitro group
Nitrobacter
nitrobacteria
Nitrobacteriaceae
nitrobacterium