adulterate

[US]/əˈdʌltəreɪt/
[UK]/əˈdʌltəreɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. at manipulere med, især ved at tilsætte noget ringere; at gøre uren
adj. blandet med noget af ringere kvalitet; ikke ren
n. handlingen med at forfalske
Word Forms
Past Tenseadulterated
Past Participleadulterated
Third Person Singularadulterates
Present Participleadulterating

Phrases & Collocations

adulterated products

forfalskede produkter

to adulterate food

at forfalske fødevarer

Example Sentences

adulterate milk with water

fortynde mælk med vand

doctor the soup with a dash of sherry.See Synonyms at adulterate

forbedre suppen med et skvæt sherry.Se Synonymer under 'adulterate'

milk adulterated with water

mælk fortyndet med vand

adulterate coffee with ground acorns;

forfalsk kaffe med formalet egetræ;

A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analytical method for three anorectics drugs, fenfluramine, diethylpropion and mazindol, illegally adulterated in slimming foods has been developed.

En gaschromatografi-massespektrometri (GC/MS) analytisk metode til tre anorektiske lægemidler, fenfluramin, diethylpropion og mazindol, der ulovligt er fortyndet i slankemidler, er blevet udviklet.

Real-world Examples

Cost can also—but not always—be associated with how the water is adulterated.

Omkostninger kan også - men ikke altid - være forbundet med, hvordan vandet er forfalsket.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

Usually, however, adulterated means that something was actually added to the product, to the food or the drink.

Normalt betyder forfalsket dog, at der faktisk er blevet tilsat noget til produktet, maden eller drikken.

Source: 2012 ESLPod

Nations have sometimes, for the same purpose, adulterated the standard of their coin; that is, have mixed a greater quantity of alloy in it.

Nationer har nogle gange, af samme grund, forfalsket standarden for deres mønt; det vil sige, at de har blandet en større mængde metal i den.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

But that adulteration tends to happen towards the end. The question we were trying to answer is, why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything?

Men den forfalskning har en tendens til at ske mod slutningen. Det spørgsmål, vi forsøgte at besvare, er, hvorfor putter narkohandlere fentanyl i alt?

Source: That's bad, thank you for your concern.

And I think that really pertained to, you know, kind of, the new world styles of Chardonnay you know, adulterate it with, you know, wood, so they come off very vanilla-y, a cinnamon, very toasty and slightly kind of ripe.

Og jeg tror, at det virkelig handlede om, ved du, slags, de nye verdensstile af Chardonnay, ved du, forfalske det med, ved du, træ, så det kommer til at fremstå meget vaniljeagtigt, en kanel, meget ristet og let modent.

Source: Connection Magazine

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