calorize
Etymology
From Latin calor (“heat”) + -ize.
verb
- To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.“He finds that materials that have been mechanically worked calorize better than cast material.”
- To follow a diet that focuses on the number of calories in food.“She too is calorizing. She will retain her flapper figure--- and starve herself to do it!”
- To provide information about the number of calories in (a food item).“Candy calorized has endeavored to show a woman that she puts on no more pounds eating candy than she does eating something else.”
- To make (food) with high-calorie ingredients.“While calorized feeds for poultry were being developed, scientists were also looking into an improved milk replacer for calves.”