calcify

Verb

Meaning

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harden concrete nerve cure cake freeze temper hardened solidify crystallize clot bake stiffen callous thicken
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Antonyms

decalcify repulse fight dispute contest resist
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Hypernyms

harden change turn alter modify indurate

Related terms

calculus

Derivatives

calcified calcifying

Examples

the salts calcified the rock Source: Internet

The rock calcified over the centuries Source: Internet

Old folks can calcify Source: Internet

It has been suggested that since they calcify ocean acidification due to increasing carbon dioxide could severely affect coccolithophores. Source: Internet

Minerals are deposited in the matrix between the columns of lacunae and calcify the cartilage. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

calcifugal calcifuge calcifugous calcifying odontogenic cyst calcigenous calcigerous