Akademik

fossilize
verb
1. convert to a fossil
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The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone

• Syn: ↑fossilise
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fossilisation (for: ↑fossilise), ↑fossilization, ↑fossil
• Hypernyms: ↑convert
• Hyponyms: ↑lapidify, ↑petrify
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something ——s something

2. become mentally inflexible
• Syn: ↑fossilise
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fossilisation (for: ↑fossilise)
• Hypernyms: ↑senesce, ↑age, ↑get on, ↑mature, ↑maturate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.