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Synonyms for Ossify:
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v.
• change • harden • indurate Other synonyms:
- harden .
Other relevant words:
- Candying ,
- Gels ,
- Jellying ,
- candied ,
- clabber ,
- clabbered ,
- clabbering ,
- gel ,
- gelled ,
- gelling ,
- grow thick ,
- inspissate ,
- jellied ,
- stabilize ,
- stiffen ,
- tensed ,
- tenses ,
- tensing ,
- thicken ,
- thickening ,
- Indurated ,
- accord ,
- accordance ,
- anneal ,
- become inflexible ,
- become rigid ,
- brazen ,
- brutalize ,
- callous ,
- change state ,
- chasten ,
- coagulate ,
- compliance ,
- conformance ,
- conformation ,
- conformism ,
- conformity ,
- congeal ,
- consolidate ,
- constrain ,
- fasten ,
- firm ,
- fossilise ,
- freeze ,
- habituate ,
- inure ,
- lapidify ,
- mollify ,
- ossification ,
- ossified ,
- pachydermal ,
- pachydermatous ,
- pachydermic ,
- reduce ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- sear ,
- set ,
- solidify ,
- steel ,
- strengthen ,
- temper ,
- tighten ,
- turn to bone ,
- turn to stone .
- Caked ,
- Caking ,
- Calcified ,
- Calcifying ,
- Fossilizing ,
- Starched ,
- Starching ,
- calcify ,
- calloused ,
- callouses ,
- callousing ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- densify ,
- firmed ,
- firming ,
- fossilize ,
- fossilized ,
- fossilizes ,
- indurate ,
- toughen ,
- vitrified ,
- vitrify .
- Caseharden ,
- Casehardened ,
- Casehardening ,
- Concreted ,
- Concreting ,
- concretes .
- Ballasted ,
- Ballasting ,
- Counterpoising ,
- Stabilitate ,
- counter-balance ,
- counter-balances ,
- counterpoised ,
- firm up ,
- firmed up ,
- steadied ,
- steadying .
- alter ,
- be numb ,
- change ,
- firming up ,
- modify ,
- turn .
- heal .
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What are the hypernyms for Ossify?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
What are the hyponyms for Ossify?
Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
What are the opposite words for ossify?
Ossify, which means to turn into bone or to become rigid, has antonyms that include the words soften, loosen, relax, and limber. To soften something means to make it gentler or more pliable, while to loosen means to free from tightness or stiffness. Relax, on the other hand, is to release tension or ease one's mind or body, and limber means to make flexible or supple, often through stretching or exercise. These antonyms are useful in describing the opposite of ossify, whether it pertains to concrete objects such as bones or abstract concepts such as ideas or relationships.
Usage examples for Ossify
They told me this afternoon that it was time I did something, that I was dropping out, that I should ossify if I sat still much longer.
"The Keeper of the Door"
They express as habits, which in turn ossify into a desirable or an undesirable body.
"Autobiography of a YOGI"
Directly, therefore, it is placed in a state of comparative idleness, then it commences to ossify, more particularly if there should at the same time be a tendency to a low type of inflammation of the parts.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Famous quotes with Ossify
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To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
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- Synonyms:
- fossilized, hard, hardened, petrified, rigid, anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic.