ALL meanings of ossify
os·si·fy
O o - verb with object ossify to convert into or cause to harden like bone. 1
- verb without object ossify to become bone or harden like bone. 1
- verb without object ossify to become rigid or inflexible in habits, attitudes, opinions, etc.: a young man who began to ossify right after college. 1
- noun ossify Turn into bone or bony tissue. 1
- intransitive verb ossify turn to bone 1
- intransitive verb ossify become rigid, inflexible 1
- verb ossify If an idea, system, or organization ossifies or if something ossifies it, it becomes fixed and difficult to change. 0
- verb ossify to convert or be converted into bone 0
- verb ossify (of habits, attitudes, etc) to become inflexible 0
- verb transitive ossify to change or develop into bone 0
- verb transitive ossify to settle or fix rigidly in a practice, custom, attitude, etc. 0