fossilize, fossilise
(verb) become mentally inflexible
fossilize, fossilise
(verb) convert to a fossil; “The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fossilize (third-person singular simple present fossilizes, present participle fossilizing, simple past and past participle fossilized)
(transitive) to make into a fossil
(intransitive) to become a fossil
(figurative, by extension, intransitive) to become inflexible or outmoded
(figurative, by extension, transitive) To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden.
• (To become a fossil): fossilate (dated), fossilify (dated)
Source: Wiktionary
Fos"sil*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.
Fos"sil*ize, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
