Calcify
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transitive & intransitive verb .
To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts.
transitive & intransitive verb .
To make or become inflexible and unchanging.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To make calcic; harden by secreting or depositing a salt of lime.
To turn into bone or bony tissue; become hard like bone, as cartilage or membrane, by the deposition or secretion of a salt of lime.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
transitive verb.
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
to make something hard and stony by
impregnating
with
calcium
salts
verb.
to become hard and stony by
impregnation
with calcium salts
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
become impregnated with calcium salts
verb.
convert into lime
verb.
turn into lime; become calcified
verb.
become inflexible and unchanging
Word Usage
"My plan is to look for the signs that I'm starting to calcify."
cross-reference
calcific segment
Etymologically Related
calculus
ossify
Form
calcification
calcified
calcifier
calcifying
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
alter
change
change state
harden
indurate
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
petrify
variant
calcified
verb-form
calcified
calcifies
calcifying