Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, past tense, past participle hybridizedregional note: in BRIT, also use hybridise
verb
If one species of plant or animal hybridizeswith another, the species reproduce together to make a hybrid. You can also say that you hybridize one species of plant or animal with another.
[technical]
All sorts of colours will result as these flowers hybridise freely. [VERB]
Wild boar readily hybridises with the domestic pig. [VERB + with]
Hybridising the two species will reduce the red to orange. [VERB noun]
Some people will take the seeds and hybridize the resulting plants with others oftheir own. [VERB noun + with]
hybridize in British English
or hybridise (ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz)
verb
to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed
Derived forms
hybridizable (ˈhybridˌizable) or hybridisable (ˈhybridˌisable)
adjective
hybridization (ˌhybridiˈzation) or hybridisation (ˌhybridiˈsation)
noun
hybridizer (ˈhybridˌizer) or hybridiser (ˈhybridˌiser)
noun
hybridize in American English
(ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈhybridˌized or ˈhybridˌizing
to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed
Derived forms
hybridization (ˌhybridiˈzation)
noun
hybridizer (ˈhybridˌizer)
noun
Examples of 'hybridize' in a sentence
hybridize
The challenge of a book which begins to hybridize these two sometimes contentious communities is impressive.