Calcify

What do we mean by calcify?

To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts. transitive & intransitive verb

To make or become inflexible and unchanging. transitive & intransitive verb

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.

To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. intransitive verb

To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. transitive verb

To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts verb

To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts verb

Become impregnated with calcium salts verb

Convert into lime verb

Turn into lime; become calcified verb

Become inflexible and unchanging verb

To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.

To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.

Words that are spelled similarly to calcify:
calcify.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word calcify:
calcification.

Words that rhyme with calcify:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe calcify:
many.

Words that sound like calcify:
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