Calcify: Definition with Calcify Pictures and Photos

1. Verb. Become impregnated with calcium salts.

Generic synonyms: Harden, Indurate
Derivative terms: Calcification, Calcification, Calcium
Antonyms: Decalcify

2. Verb. Become inflexible and unchanging. "Old folks can calcify"

Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Calcification

3. Verb. Turn into lime; become calcified. "The rock calcified over the centuries"

Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Calcification, Calcium

4. Verb. Convert into lime. "The salts calcified the rock"

Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Calcium

1. v. t. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

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

1. Verb. (transitive) to make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) to become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

1. to harden [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: harden

1. To deposit or lay down calcium salts, as in the formation of bone. (05 Mar 2000)

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