1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Hybridize

ahd-5

intransitive verb. To produce hybrids; crossbreed.

intransitive verb. To form base pairs between complementary regions of two strands of DNA that were not originally paired.

intransitive verb. To cause to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cause to interbreed and thus produce hybrids.

Hence—2. To form or construct in a hybrid manner, as words.

To produce a hybrid or hybrids; cross or interbreed, as two different varieties or species of plants or animals.

Also spelled hybridise.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

intransitive verb. To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed; to cross.

transitive verb. To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids

verb. to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages

verb. to combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals

verb. to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

Word Usage

"Should I hybridize my application to move some part of functionality to the public cloud while keeping other components on an internal private cloud?"

Form

hybridized hybridizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

breed

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

backcross

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cross interbreed

verb-form

hybridized hybridizes hybridizing