calcify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become impregnated with calcium salts
Types & categories
- harden hypernym
Related & opposite
- decalcify antonym
- calcification derivation
- calcification derivation
- calcium derivation
Sense 2 verb
become inflexible and unchanging
Old folks can calcify
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- calcification derivation
Sense 3 verb
turn into lime; become calcified
The rock calcified over the centuries
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- calcification derivation
- calcium derivation
Sense 4 verb
convert into lime
the salts calcified the rock
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- calcium derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | decalcify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcium |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | harden |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcification |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcium |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | calcium |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |