| VERB | change | calcify | become impregnated with calcium salts |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | calcify | become inflexible and unchanging | |
| change | calcify | turn into lime | |
| change | calcify | convert into lime |
| Sounds | kae'lsahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Become impregnated with calcium salts. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | harden, indurate | Become hard or harder |
| Opposite | decalcify | Remove calcium or lime / lime from |
| Spanish | calcificarse, calcificar | |
| Catalan | calcificar | |
| Nouns | calcification | a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) |
| calcification | tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts | |
| calcium | a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light | |
| Meaning | Become inflexible and unchanging. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Old folks can calcify" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Nouns | calcification | an inflexible and unchanging state |
| Meaning | Turn into lime; become calcified. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Spanish | calcificarse, calcificar | |
| Catalan | calcificar-se, calcificar | |
| Nouns | calcification | tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts |
| calcium | a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light | |
| Meaning | convert into lime. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | calcificar | |
| Catalan | calcificar-se, calcificar | |
| Nouns | calcium | a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light |
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