Synonyms for metabolize
məˈtæb əˌlaɪzme·tab·o·lize

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1. metabolize, metaboliseverb

   produce by metabolism

   Synonyms:
   metabolise

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1. List of paraphrases for "metabolize":

   metabolise, metabolism

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How to use metabolize in a sentence?

1. Jared Leadbetter:

   These are the first bacteria found to use manganese as their source of fuel, a wonderful aspect of microbes in nature is that they can metabolize seemingly unlikely materials, like metals, yielding energy useful to the cell.

2. Joan Meek:

   The baby can’t metabolize medications as quickly as mom’s liver or kidney might.

3. Claire Danes:

   I think the writers did a pretty incredible job of managing all of that, and when Trump was elected and our country's fate was determined, I think our writers were really able to metabolize that and make sense of what was really meaningful and relevant from that.

4. Adamo Macri:

   Most people don't like to be confronted with an actual fact-of-life because it's difficult to metabolize. A painting of a bowl of fruit is much easier. It's for the same reason why we don't like going to the doctor. The diagnosis and x-rays are too honest. This is what creates the perception that contemporary art is shocking or suspicious.”

5. Anne McTiernan:

   Equally problematic was that they classified men and women the same in relation to categories of alcohol use. Women metabolize alcohol differently than men, so a' light' drinker for men may be more of a' moderate' drinker for women, the study strengths included the large sample size, including both women and men, and a lifetime history of alcohol use.