ossify

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verb

1. become bony (Freq. 1)
- The tissue ossified
• Derivationally related forms:
ossification
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
• Syn:
rigidify, petrify
• Derivationally related forms:
ossification, rigidity (for: rigidify)
• Hypernyms:
stiffen
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. cause to become hard and bony
- The disease ossified the tissue
• Derivationally related forms:
ossification
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rigidify, petrify