hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz 
hybridized; hybridizing
: to cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
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More precisely, they are genetically modified, hybridized modern wolves, gestated in the womb of a domestic dog.
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
At the time of the skeleton’s discovery, the idea that humans and Neanderthals had hybridized was not mainstream—the Neanderthal genome wasn’t sequenced until more than a decade later, revealing how modern humans have varying amounts of Neanderthal DNA.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
However, plants that hybridized recently are not considered true species under the Endangered Species Act.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
This garden features many flowers that were hybridized in the 19th century, including tea roses like ‘Isabella Sprunt’ (dating to 1855) and ‘Mlle.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
At the time of the skeleton’s discovery, the idea that humans and Neanderthals had hybridized was not mainstream—the Neanderthal genome wasn’t sequenced until more than a decade later, revealing how modern humans have varying amounts of Neanderthal DNA.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
However, plants that hybridized recently are not considered true species under the Endangered Species Act.
—Andre A. Naranjo, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
This garden features many flowers that were hybridized in the 19th century, including tea roses like ‘Isabella Sprunt’ (dating to 1855) and ‘Mlle.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hybridize
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“Hybridize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hybridize. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
ˈhī-brə-ˌdīz
hybridized; hybridizing
: to produce or cause to produce hybrids : interbreed
hybridizer
noun
ˈhī-brə-ˌdī-zər
Medical Definition
hybridize
verb
hy·brid·ize
variants
also British hybridise
hybridized also British hybridised; hybridizing also British hybridising
: to cause to interbreed or combine so as to produce hybrids
hybridize two species
fuse and hybridize somatic cells of two different species
hybridize two DNAs
: to produce hybrids
hybridizer
noun
also British hybridiser
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