Word

ossify, v.
(ossified, ossifies, ossifying)
freq. cnt. 1

become bony
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ossify

sample sentences

"The tissue ossified"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn, change state

cause to become hard and bony
<verb.change>

ossify

sample sentences

"The disease ossified the tissue"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
<verb.change>

ossify petrify rigidify

sample sentences

"rigidify the training schedule"
"ossified teaching methods"
"slogans petrify our thinking"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rigidity rigidity

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ossification ossification

semantic pointers

hypernym