All ossify synonyms
os·si·fy
O o verb ossify
- petrify — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- harden — to make hard or harder: to harden steel.
- solidify — to make solid; make into a hard or compact mass; change from a liquid or gaseous to a solid form.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- stiffen — to make stiff.
- thicken — make thicker