homogenize

UK: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/ US: /həˈmɑdʒəˌnaɪz/ ,(hə moj′ə nīz′, hō-)

Inflections of 'homogenize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

homogenizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

homogenizing

v pres p (US & UK)

homogenized

v past (US & UK)

homogenized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ho•mog•e•nize /həˈmɑdʒəˌnaɪz/   v. [~ + object] , -nized, -niz•ing. 

1. to make homogeneous.
2. to break up the fat in (milk or cream) causing it to be evenly distributed throughout.

ho•mog•e•ni•za•tion /həˌmɑdʒənɪˈzeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable] See -homo-, -gen-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ho•mog•e•nize  (hə moj′ə nīz′, hō-), v., -nized, -niz•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to form by blending unlike elements;
   make homogeneous.
2. Food to prepare an emulsion, as by reducing the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.
3. to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function:
   to homogenize school systems.
4. Metallurgy to subject (metal) to high temperature to ensure uniform diffusion of components.

v.i. 

5. to become homogenized.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] ho•mog′e•nise′. 

• homogen(eous) + -ize 1885–90

ho•mog′e•ni•za′tion, n. 
ho•mog′e•niz′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

homogenize, homogenise / hɒˈmɒdʒɪˌnaɪz/ verb

1. (transitive) to break up the fat globules in (milk or cream) so that they are evenly distributed
2. to make or become homogeneous

hoˌmogeniˈzation, hoˌmogeniˈsation noun

hoˈmogeˌnizer, hoˈmogeˌniser noun