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Ossify - English meaning

Ossify – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Turn into bone or bony tissue.

Usage examples:

These tracheal cartilages may ossify

Synonims:

Turn into boneBecome bonyHardenSolidifyStiffenRigidifyPetrifyFossilizeIndurate
verb

Become rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing.

Usage examples:

Our political system has ossified

Synonims:

Become inflexibleBecome rigidFossilizeHardenRigidifyStagnateBecome unyielding/obdurateBecome unprogressiveCease developing

Ossify translation into English

Ossify: translate from English into Chinese

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骨化, 变硬

Ossify: translate from English into Dutch

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Verstarren, Verstenen, Verbenen, Doen verbenen, Verharden, Afstompen

Ossify: translate from English into French

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Ossifier, Scléroser, S'ossifier

Ossify: translate from English into German

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Verknöchern, Erstarren, Erstarren lassen, Unbeweglich werden, Unbeweglich machen, Verknöchern lassen

Ossify: translate from English into Hindi

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हड्डी बन जाना, सख़्त हो जाना

Ossify: translate from English into Italian

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Ossificare, Ossificarsi

Ossify: translate from English into Korean

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골화하다, 굳어지다

Ossify: translate from English into Russian

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Окостенеть, Превращаться в кость, Оссифицировать, Окостеневать, Костенеть, Становиться консервативным, Становиться косным, Превращать в кость

Ossify: translate from English into Spanish

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Osificarse, Endurecer

Word origin

late 17th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.

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Ossify – similar words

ossified

ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪd

adjective

Having turned into bone or bony tissue.

Usage examples:

Ossified cartilage
verb

Turn into bone or bony tissue.

Usage examples:

These tracheal cartilages may ossify
adjective

(of habits or ideas) fixed and unable to change

Usage examples:

The institutions of government have become more ossified and inflexible., he tried to push liberali…
Ossified - all meanings in English

Ossify synonims

fossilize

verb

Preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil.

Usage examples:

The hard parts of the body are readily fossilized
verb

To become a fossil

Fossilize - all meanings in English

harden

verb

Make or become hard or harder.

Usage examples:

Wait for the glue to harden
verb

To make or become stronger or more severe

Usage examples:

[ i ] as the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened., [ i ] in a few hours the cement wil…
verb

If prices or share prices harden, they increase

Usage examples:

If the oil price hardens this week and remains high, there will be some effect on fuel prices by th…
Harden - all meanings in English

indurate

verb

Harden.

Usage examples:

These sedimentary deposits, under the weight of the upper beds, would quickly indurate
Indurate - all meanings in English

petrify

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…
Petrify - all meanings in English

rigidify

verb

Make or become rigid or inflexible.

Usage examples:

Silicon to rigidify the shell
Rigidify - all meanings in English

solidify

verb

Make or become hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The magma slowly solidifies and forms crystals
verb

To make something firm, or to become firm

Usage examples:

[ t ] a chemical reaction solidifies the resin., [ i ] lava solidifies as it cools., [ t ] the play…
Solidify - all meanings in English

stagnate

verb

(of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant.

Usage examples:

Pointed out was the fact that due to the closure of these sluice gates there was no flow of water, …
verb

To stay the same and not grow or develop

Usage examples:

The local economy stagnated when the factories closed., high costs have caused stagnation in the bu…
verb

To stop growing or developing and not show any signs of activity

Usage examples:

The housing market stagnated as rising interest rates squeezed many buyers out of the market., whil…
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stiffen

verb

Make or become stiff or rigid.

Usage examples:

He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling
verb

Make rigid or more rigid

verb

To become or make something firm or more difficult to bend

Usage examples:

[ t ] to paint on linen, you first have to stiffen the fabric with a glue mixture., [ i ] his back …
Stiffen - all meanings in English

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