ossifies
Meaning of ossifies
verb, 3rd person present
- turn into bone or bony tissue.
these tracheal cartilages may ossify
- become rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing.
our political system has ossified
late 17th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.
Information about ossifies
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of ossifies is: ossify.
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Hyphenation of ossifies
os-si-fies
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- ossifies is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ossifies synonyms
Meaning make or become hard or harder:
Meaning make or become hard or solid:
Meaning make or become stiff or rigid:
Meaning make or become rigid or inflexible:
Meaning change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit:
Meaning preserve (an animal or plant) so that it becomes a fossil:
Meaning harden:
Meaning (of water or air) cease to flow or move; become stagnant:
Words that rhyme with ossifies
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