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# metabolise

verb (metabolise, metabolises, metabolised, metabolising)

«metabolise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#m1)
2. To metabolise a medicine or substance is for the body to process and change it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in science and health lessons on digestion and energy; doctors talk about how fast the body metabolises medicine.

### Examples

- Your body metabolises food to make energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x1)
- Some people metabolise sugar faster than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x2)
- The liver metabolises many medicines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x3)
- Plants metabolise sunlight into food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x4)
- Babies metabolise caffeine very slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x5)
- Exercise helps you metabolise fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/#x6)

### Note

UK spelling «metabolise»; US spelling «metabolize». Noun: metabolism. Past: metabolised.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «metabolise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metabolise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«metabolise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/metabolise.html) on Mova free.