calcify
calcify · calcifies · calcified · calcifying
превращать в известь, превращаться в известь, отвердевать
To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium saltsTo make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
US/ˈkælsɪfaɪ/
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive, transitive)To make or become hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calcify tissue
calcify rapidly
превраща́ть в и́звестьprevraščátʹ v ízvestʹ, превраща́ться в и́звестьprevraščátʹsja v ízvestʹ, отвердеватьotverdevatʹ
become impregnated with calcium salts
(broadly, figuratively)To make or become rigid or inflexible; to ossify.
become inflexible and unchanging
Translations
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Origin
From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.From French calcifier, or from English calcium + -ify.
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Forms
calcifies, calcifying, calcified, calcifiedAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle