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# metabolise

«metabolise» in Mova's school dictionary: **for the body to break it down and use it for energy and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (metabolise, metabolises, metabolised, metabolising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#m1)

2) To metabolise a medicine or substance is for the body to process and change it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science and health lessons on digestion and energy; doctors talk about how fast the body metabolises medicine.

### examples

- Your body metabolises food to make energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x1)
- Some people metabolise sugar faster than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x2)
- The liver metabolises many medicines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x3)
- Plants metabolise sunlight into food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x4)
- Babies metabolise caffeine very slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x5)
- Exercise helps you metabolise fat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x6)

### note

UK spelling «metabolise»; US spelling «metabolize». Noun: metabolism. Past: metabolised.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «metabolise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.