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- [kal-suh-fahy]
- /ˈkæl səˌfaɪ/
- /ˈkæl.sɪ.faɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kal-suh-fahy]
- /ˈkæl səˌfaɪ/
Definitions of calcified word
- adjective calcified Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts. 3
- adjective calcified hardened by deposition of calcium 3
- noun calcified Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts. 1
- verb calcified simple past tense and past participle of calcify. 0
- adjective calcified That which is to become unchanging or inflexible. 0
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Origin of calcified
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; calci- + -fy
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Parts of speech for Calcified
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
calcified popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for calcified
adj calcified
- firm — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- compact — Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
verb calcified
- consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- nerve — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- thicken — make thicker
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
Antonyms for calcified
adj calcified
- indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- intangible — not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
verb calcified
- disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- weaken — to make weak or weaker.
- liquefy — Make or become liquid.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
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