vverb.changeconvert to a fossilSynset:fossilise fossilize
Examples:- The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone
Derivationally Related Form:fossilisationfossilizationfossil
Hypernyms:convert
Inherited Hypernyms:fossilizeconvertchange
Direct Hyponyms:lapidifypetrify
Full Troponyms:lapidify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome mentally inflexibleSynset:fossilise fossilize
Derivationally Related Form:fossilisation
Hypernyms:age get on maturate mature senesce
Inherited Hypernyms:fossilizesenescedevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allset in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefsSynset:fossilised ossified
Examples:- obsolete fossilized ways
- an ossified bureaucratic system
Antonyms:flexible
Inherited Hypernyms:fossilized
Similar to:inflexible