saccharify

A verb meaning to convert starch or other carbohydrates into sugar, typically through chemical or enzymatic processes.

• 🇵🇹Verbo que significa converter amido ou outros carboidratos em açúcar, geralmente por meio de processos químicos ou enzimáticos.

1. Sweeten with sugar C2 formal

   To make something sweet by adding sugar or a sugary substance.

   • The recipe instructs you to saccharify the mixture with honey.
   • They saccharified the tea with a spoonful of sugar.
   • In some cultures, fruits are saccharified to preserve them.

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   Sinônimos: sugarsugarcoatsweeten

2. Convert into sugar C2 formal scientific

   To convert a complex carbohydrate or sugar derivative into a simple, soluble, fermentable sugar through hydrolysis.

   • The enzyme helps to saccharify starch into glucose.
   • During brewing, malt is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars.
   • The process of saccharification is crucial in biofuel production.

   🇵🇹Converter em açúcar

• saccharified past participle
• saccharified past simple
• saccharifying present participle
• saccharifies third person singular