Definition of ossify in English:

ossify

verbossifies, ossifying, ossified ˈɒsɪfʌɪˈɑsəˌfaɪ

[no object]

1Turn into bone or bony tissue.
骨化
these tracheal cartilages may ossify
这些气管软骨可能会骨化。
Example sentencesExamples
- In humans, the connection ossifies during early adulthood.
- In most fossil coelacanths, the swimbladder appears to be ossified and, consequently, these fishes were probably confined to shallow water.
- The flat bones ossify directly from such fibrous tissue rather than from intermediary cartilage.
- In later years some of these joints completely ossify (are converted to solid bone material).
- Other techniques can be used for older bodies, such as the amount of cartilage that has ossified or turned into bone-like material and how worn the teeth are.
- The joint between the incus and stapes is likewise a cartilagenous joint, with a tendency to ossify in older humans.
- The postcranial skeleton, and especially the vertebrae, carpals and tarsals, were very slow to ossify.
- Growth of a bone ceases when the growth plate ossifies, and this occurs at different times for different bones.
- Subungual exostosis begins as a reactive fibrous growth that develops cartilage and ultimately ossifies.
- Fossilized embryos are rarely discovered, because their bones only begin to ossify late in development.
Synonyms
turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen, rigidify, petrify, fossilize
rare indurate
2often as adjective ossifiedCease developing; stagnate.
〈喻〉停滞；僵化
ossified political institutions
僵化的政治制度。
Example sentencesExamples
- The drawing style has completely ossified, too.
- It is capable of continuous creativity rather than, like other civilizations, ossifying and losing the capacity of creative adjustment to new challenges.
- I have a less ossified view of culture, one that sees it as not fixed in a person's or nation's history, but as a fluid, ongoing process.
- Because of deep specialization, the scientific enterprise has a built-in tendency to ossify.
- One of my favorite postelection maps showed the United States divided along the traditional, and increasingly ossified, red and blue state lines.
- Bodies like the Property Services Agency, the Common Services Agency and others, which were seen as out-dated and ossified, were gradually cleared out and then privatised.
- A really revolutionary programme can't just be preserved, it must develop through tackling new realities, otherwise it becomes ossified and sterile.
- If we did this, our cities would stand still, ossify and die.
- He goes on to insist he believes in a meritocracy and that achieving this is ‘an economic necessity’, adding: ‘Economies that do not bring out the best in people will ossify and fall behind’.
- The danger for any new movement is that it too ossifies and becomes another orthodoxy.
- By the 1980s, political life was suffocating and the political system had ossified.
- The baron ought to be repellent, but he quickly gathers the audience on his side, as an unlikely agent for freedom in a repressive, ossified society.
- Too much debate on the Left is about defending ossified thought patterns and structures which have actually outlived their usefulness.
- How this imaginative and commercially successful development was allowed to stand still, indeed to ossify, in the hands of its originator is one of the most remarkable stories of industrial history.
- The problem with union rights requiring judges and courts to uphold them is that they ossify and become the target of lawyers and others who wish to destroy them.
- Tradition for me comes from establishing a dialogue with something rather than blindly following an age old or ossified system.
- In addition, the agricultural protectionism of the European Union, ossified in the economic miasma of the Common Agricultural Policy, needs to be scrapped.
- As two business scholars observed, ‘Yesterday's winning formula ossifies into today's conventional wisdom before petrifying into tomorrow's tablets of stone.’
- Now, she is qualified to join forces and she can be pacified by this inane and ossified ideology.
- He said that initially he had an aversion to opera, seeing it as a somewhat ossified form of music.
Synonyms
become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, harden, rigidify, stagnate, become unyielding/obdurate, become unprogressive, cease developing

Derivatives

ossification

noun ɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

In fact, it shows the kind of ossification that comes from osteoporosis and would be the result of degeneration from lack of physical activity and being in a coma.
Example sentencesExamples
- If there were any piece that needed saving from the ossification of tradition in the 1960s, it was Parsifal.
- Note, however, the presence of tiny ossifications along the shaft.
- But if talent, of any sort, is not nurtured within the organization, any organization, we will see ossification and decay.
- I don't think any artist likes the idea of ossification, of becoming just a tradition.

ossific

adjective ɒˈsɪfɪk

Origin

Early 18th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- 'bone'.

Definition of ossify in US English:

ossify

verbˈäsəˌfīˈɑsəˌfaɪ

[no object]

1Turn into bone or bony tissue.
骨化
these tracheal cartilages may ossify
这些气管软骨可能会骨化。
Example sentencesExamples
- The joint between the incus and stapes is likewise a cartilagenous joint, with a tendency to ossify in older humans.
- Growth of a bone ceases when the growth plate ossifies, and this occurs at different times for different bones.
- Other techniques can be used for older bodies, such as the amount of cartilage that has ossified or turned into bone-like material and how worn the teeth are.
- Subungual exostosis begins as a reactive fibrous growth that develops cartilage and ultimately ossifies.
- In humans, the connection ossifies during early adulthood.
- The flat bones ossify directly from such fibrous tissue rather than from intermediary cartilage.
- In most fossil coelacanths, the swimbladder appears to be ossified and, consequently, these fishes were probably confined to shallow water.
- Fossilized embryos are rarely discovered, because their bones only begin to ossify late in development.
- In later years some of these joints completely ossify (are converted to solid bone material).
- The postcranial skeleton, and especially the vertebrae, carpals and tarsals, were very slow to ossify.
Synonyms
turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen, rigidify, petrify, fossilize
2often as adjective ossifiedCease developing; be stagnant or rigid.
〈喻〉停滞；僵化
ossified political institutions
僵化的政治制度。
Example sentencesExamples
- Tradition for me comes from establishing a dialogue with something rather than blindly following an age old or ossified system.
- The problem with union rights requiring judges and courts to uphold them is that they ossify and become the target of lawyers and others who wish to destroy them.
- It is capable of continuous creativity rather than, like other civilizations, ossifying and losing the capacity of creative adjustment to new challenges.
- Now, she is qualified to join forces and she can be pacified by this inane and ossified ideology.
- If we did this, our cities would stand still, ossify and die.
- He said that initially he had an aversion to opera, seeing it as a somewhat ossified form of music.
- The baron ought to be repellent, but he quickly gathers the audience on his side, as an unlikely agent for freedom in a repressive, ossified society.
- He goes on to insist he believes in a meritocracy and that achieving this is ‘an economic necessity’, adding: ‘Economies that do not bring out the best in people will ossify and fall behind’.
- How this imaginative and commercially successful development was allowed to stand still, indeed to ossify, in the hands of its originator is one of the most remarkable stories of industrial history.
- The danger for any new movement is that it too ossifies and becomes another orthodoxy.
- Because of deep specialization, the scientific enterprise has a built-in tendency to ossify.
- Too much debate on the Left is about defending ossified thought patterns and structures which have actually outlived their usefulness.
- The drawing style has completely ossified, too.
- A really revolutionary programme can't just be preserved, it must develop through tackling new realities, otherwise it becomes ossified and sterile.
- One of my favorite postelection maps showed the United States divided along the traditional, and increasingly ossified, red and blue state lines.
- I have a less ossified view of culture, one that sees it as not fixed in a person's or nation's history, but as a fluid, ongoing process.
- In addition, the agricultural protectionism of the European Union, ossified in the economic miasma of the Common Agricultural Policy, needs to be scrapped.
- By the 1980s, political life was suffocating and the political system had ossified.
- As two business scholars observed, ‘Yesterday's winning formula ossifies into today's conventional wisdom before petrifying into tomorrow's tablets of stone.’
- Bodies like the Property Services Agency, the Common Services Agency and others, which were seen as out-dated and ossified, were gradually cleared out and then privatised.
Synonyms
become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, harden, rigidify, stagnate, become obdurate, become unyielding, become unprogressive, cease developing

Origin

Early 18th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.

词汇	ossify
释义	Definition of ossify in English: ossify verbossifies, ossifying, ossified ˈɒsɪfʌɪˈɑsəˌfaɪ [no object] 1Turn into bone or bony tissue. 骨化 these tracheal cartilages may ossify 这些气管软骨可能会骨化。 Example sentencesExamples In humans, the connection ossifies during early adulthood. In most fossil coelacanths, the swimbladder appears to be ossified and, consequently, these fishes were probably confined to shallow water. The flat bones ossify directly from such fibrous tissue rather than from intermediary cartilage. In later years some of these joints completely ossify (are converted to solid bone material). Other techniques can be used for older bodies, such as the amount of cartilage that has ossified or turned into bone-like material and how worn the teeth are. The joint between the incus and stapes is likewise a cartilagenous joint, with a tendency to ossify in older humans. The postcranial skeleton, and especially the vertebrae, carpals and tarsals, were very slow to ossify. Growth of a bone ceases when the growth plate ossifies, and this occurs at different times for different bones. Subungual exostosis begins as a reactive fibrous growth that develops cartilage and ultimately ossifies. Fossilized embryos are rarely discovered, because their bones only begin to ossify late in development. Synonyms turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen, rigidify, petrify, fossilize rare indurate 2often as adjective ossifiedCease developing; stagnate. 〈喻〉停滞；僵化 ossified political institutions 僵化的政治制度。 Example sentencesExamples The drawing style has completely ossified, too. It is capable of continuous creativity rather than, like other civilizations, ossifying and losing the capacity of creative adjustment to new challenges. I have a less ossified view of culture, one that sees it as not fixed in a person's or nation's history, but as a fluid, ongoing process. Because of deep specialization, the scientific enterprise has a built-in tendency to ossify. One of my favorite postelection maps showed the United States divided along the traditional, and increasingly ossified, red and blue state lines. Bodies like the Property Services Agency, the Common Services Agency and others, which were seen as out-dated and ossified, were gradually cleared out and then privatised. A really revolutionary programme can't just be preserved, it must develop through tackling new realities, otherwise it becomes ossified and sterile. If we did this, our cities would stand still, ossify and die. He goes on to insist he believes in a meritocracy and that achieving this is ‘an economic necessity’, adding: ‘Economies that do not bring out the best in people will ossify and fall behind’. The danger for any new movement is that it too ossifies and becomes another orthodoxy. By the 1980s, political life was suffocating and the political system had ossified. The baron ought to be repellent, but he quickly gathers the audience on his side, as an unlikely agent for freedom in a repressive, ossified society. Too much debate on the Left is about defending ossified thought patterns and structures which have actually outlived their usefulness. How this imaginative and commercially successful development was allowed to stand still, indeed to ossify, in the hands of its originator is one of the most remarkable stories of industrial history. The problem with union rights requiring judges and courts to uphold them is that they ossify and become the target of lawyers and others who wish to destroy them. Tradition for me comes from establishing a dialogue with something rather than blindly following an age old or ossified system. In addition, the agricultural protectionism of the European Union, ossified in the economic miasma of the Common Agricultural Policy, needs to be scrapped. As two business scholars observed, ‘Yesterday's winning formula ossifies into today's conventional wisdom before petrifying into tomorrow's tablets of stone.’ Now, she is qualified to join forces and she can be pacified by this inane and ossified ideology. He said that initially he had an aversion to opera, seeing it as a somewhat ossified form of music. Synonyms become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, harden, rigidify, stagnate, become unyielding/obdurate, become unprogressive, cease developing Derivatives ossification noun ɒsɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌɑsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n In fact, it shows the kind of ossification that comes from osteoporosis and would be the result of degeneration from lack of physical activity and being in a coma. Example sentencesExamples If there were any piece that needed saving from the ossification of tradition in the 1960s, it was Parsifal. Note, however, the presence of tiny ossifications along the shaft. But if talent, of any sort, is not nurtured within the organization, any organization, we will see ossification and decay. I don't think any artist likes the idea of ossification, of becoming just a tradition. ossific adjective ɒˈsɪfɪk Origin Early 18th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- 'bone'. Definition of ossify in US English: ossify verbˈäsəˌfīˈɑsəˌfaɪ [no object] 1Turn into bone or bony tissue. 骨化 these tracheal cartilages may ossify 这些气管软骨可能会骨化。 Example sentencesExamples The joint between the incus and stapes is likewise a cartilagenous joint, with a tendency to ossify in older humans. Growth of a bone ceases when the growth plate ossifies, and this occurs at different times for different bones. Other techniques can be used for older bodies, such as the amount of cartilage that has ossified or turned into bone-like material and how worn the teeth are. Subungual exostosis begins as a reactive fibrous growth that develops cartilage and ultimately ossifies. In humans, the connection ossifies during early adulthood. The flat bones ossify directly from such fibrous tissue rather than from intermediary cartilage. In most fossil coelacanths, the swimbladder appears to be ossified and, consequently, these fishes were probably confined to shallow water. Fossilized embryos are rarely discovered, because their bones only begin to ossify late in development. In later years some of these joints completely ossify (are converted to solid bone material). The postcranial skeleton, and especially the vertebrae, carpals and tarsals, were very slow to ossify. Synonyms turn into bone, become bony, harden, solidify, stiffen, rigidify, petrify, fossilize 2often as adjective ossifiedCease developing; be stagnant or rigid. 〈喻〉停滞；僵化 ossified political institutions 僵化的政治制度。 Example sentencesExamples Tradition for me comes from establishing a dialogue with something rather than blindly following an age old or ossified system. The problem with union rights requiring judges and courts to uphold them is that they ossify and become the target of lawyers and others who wish to destroy them. It is capable of continuous creativity rather than, like other civilizations, ossifying and losing the capacity of creative adjustment to new challenges. Now, she is qualified to join forces and she can be pacified by this inane and ossified ideology. If we did this, our cities would stand still, ossify and die. He said that initially he had an aversion to opera, seeing it as a somewhat ossified form of music. The baron ought to be repellent, but he quickly gathers the audience on his side, as an unlikely agent for freedom in a repressive, ossified society. He goes on to insist he believes in a meritocracy and that achieving this is ‘an economic necessity’, adding: ‘Economies that do not bring out the best in people will ossify and fall behind’. How this imaginative and commercially successful development was allowed to stand still, indeed to ossify, in the hands of its originator is one of the most remarkable stories of industrial history. The danger for any new movement is that it too ossifies and becomes another orthodoxy. Because of deep specialization, the scientific enterprise has a built-in tendency to ossify. Too much debate on the Left is about defending ossified thought patterns and structures which have actually outlived their usefulness. The drawing style has completely ossified, too. A really revolutionary programme can't just be preserved, it must develop through tackling new realities, otherwise it becomes ossified and sterile. One of my favorite postelection maps showed the United States divided along the traditional, and increasingly ossified, red and blue state lines. I have a less ossified view of culture, one that sees it as not fixed in a person's or nation's history, but as a fluid, ongoing process. In addition, the agricultural protectionism of the European Union, ossified in the economic miasma of the Common Agricultural Policy, needs to be scrapped. By the 1980s, political life was suffocating and the political system had ossified. As two business scholars observed, ‘Yesterday's winning formula ossifies into today's conventional wisdom before petrifying into tomorrow's tablets of stone.’ Bodies like the Property Services Agency, the Common Services Agency and others, which were seen as out-dated and ossified, were gradually cleared out and then privatised. Synonyms become inflexible, become rigid, fossilize, harden, rigidify, stagnate, become obdurate, become unyielding, become unprogressive, cease developing Origin Early 18th century: from French ossifier, from Latin os, oss- ‘bone’.
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