Verb

• S: (v) calcify (become impregnated with calcium salts)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) harden, indurate (become hard or harder) "The wax hardened"
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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• W: (n) calcification [Related to: calcify] (tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts)
• W: (n) calcification [Related to: calcify] (a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts))
• W: (n) calcium [Related to: calcify] (a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals)
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• S: (v) calcify (become inflexible and unchanging) "Old folks can calcify"
• S: (v) calcify (turn into lime; become calcified) "The rock calcified over the centuries"
• S: (v) calcify (convert into lime) "the salts calcified the rock"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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