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ossified |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ossify Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb ossify Entailment of verb ossify Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb ossify 1 sense of ossify Sense 1 ossify => change state, turn Familiarity of verb ossify ossify used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ossify Sense 1 ossify => change state, turn -------------- Overview of verb ossify The verb ossify has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ossify -- (become bony; "The tissue ossified") Overview of adj ossified The adj ossified has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ossified -- (changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age") 2. fossilized, fossilised, ossified -- (set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system") Antonyms of adj ossified 2 senses of ossified Sense 1 ossified INDIRECT (VIA hard) -> soft Sense 2 fossilized, fossilised, ossified INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible Similarity of adj ossified 2 senses of ossified Sense 1 ossified => hard (vs. soft) Sense 2 fossilized, fossilised, ossified => inflexible (vs. flexible) Attributes of adj ossified Familiarity of adj ossified ossified used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj ossified ossified Overview of verb ossify The verb ossify has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) ossify -- (become bony; "The tissue ossified") Overview of adj ossified The adj ossified has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ossified -- (changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age") 2. fossilized, fossilised, ossified -- (set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system")
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