calcify

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verb

1. become impregnated with calcium salts (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
decalcify
• Derivationally related forms:
calcification, calcium
• Hypernyms:
harden, indurate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
• Derivationally related forms:
calcification
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. turn into lime;
become calcified
- The rock calcified over the centuries
• Derivationally related forms:
calcification, calcium
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. convert into lime
- the salts calcified the rock
• Derivationally related forms:
calcium
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something