On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Denature. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as change or alter and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Denature meaning
- To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
- To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes.
- To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
Using Denature
- The main meaning on this page is: To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person). | To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes. | To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
- Useful related words include: change, alter, modify.
- In the example corpus, denature often appears in combinations such as: to denature, denature the.
Context around Denature
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Denature
- In this selection, "denature" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tracts and enzymes stand out and add context to how "denature" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include digestive tracts denature the insoluble and known to denature enzymes oxidize. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "denature" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with denature
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Superoxide is known to denature enzymes, oxidize lipids, and fragment DNA. (11 words)
Typical preparation Poaching allows the proteins to denature without pulling out too much (if any at all) moisture out of it. (21 words)
Unfortunately they denature about all the painkillers with the stuff already calculated so people's livers will fail if they take too much. (23 words)
When insects ingest toxin crystals, their alkaline digestive tracts denature the insoluble crystals, making them soluble and thus amenable to being cut with proteases found in the insect gut, which liberate the toxin from the crystal. (36 words)
Temperatures above or below the range that cells tend to live in will cause thermally unstable proteins to unfold or " denature " (this is why boiling makes an egg white turn opaque). (31 words)
Unfortunately they denature about all the painkillers with the stuff already calculated so people's livers will fail if they take too much. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
Unfortunately they denature about all the painkillers with the stuff already calculated so people's livers will fail if they take too much.
Superoxide is known to denature enzymes, oxidize lipids, and fragment DNA.
Temperatures above or below the range that cells tend to live in will cause thermally unstable proteins to unfold or " denature " (this is why boiling makes an egg white turn opaque).
Typical preparation Poaching allows the proteins to denature without pulling out too much (if any at all) moisture out of it.
When insects ingest toxin crystals, their alkaline digestive tracts denature the insoluble crystals, making them soluble and thus amenable to being cut with proteases found in the insect gut, which liberate the toxin from the crystal.
Common combinations with denature
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to denature 3×
- denature the 2×