fossilize

A verb meaning to convert or become converted into a fossil, or to become rigid and outdated.

ruГлагол, означающий превращать или превращаться в окаменелость, или становиться закостенелым и устаревшим.esVerbo que significa convertir o convertirse en fósil, o volverse rígido, obsoleto o anticuado.frVerbe signifiant transformer ou se transformer en fossile, ou devenir rigide, figé et dépassé.deVerb, das bedeutet, etwas in einen fossilen Zustand umzuwandeln oder selbst fossil zu werden; im übertragenen Sinn auch: starr, verknöchert oder veraltet werden.ptVerbo que significa transformar ou transformar-se em fóssil, ou tornar-se rígido e ultrapassado.zh动词，指使某物变成化石或变成化石；也指人或事物变得僵化、守旧、过时。arفعل يعني تحويل شيء أو تحوّله إلى أحفورة أو متحجّر، أو أن يصبح جامدًا متخلّفًا وعفا عليه الزمن.

1. Convert to a fossil B2 formal scientific

   To preserve the remains of a plant or animal in the earth's crust, turning them into a fossil.

   • The dinosaur bones fossilized over millions of years.
   • Wood can fossilize under the right conditions.
   • Scientists study how organisms fossilize to understand ancient life.

   ruОкаменетьesFosilizar (convertir en fósil)frTransformer en fossiledeVersteinernptFossilizarzh化石化arتحول إلى أحفورة

   Синонимы: mineralizepetrify

2. Become mentally inflexible C1 informal

   To become fixed in one's ideas, habits, or ways of thinking, often resistant to change.

   • He fossilized in his old-fashioned views and refused to adapt.
   • The company's management fossilized, ignoring new market trends.
   • She worried that she would fossilize if she stayed in the same job for too long.

   ruОкостенетьesfosilizarsefrSe figer intellectuellementdeErstarrenptEnrijecerzh僵化arالتحجر الفكري

   Синонимы: hardenossifypetrifyrigidifyset

   Антонимы: adaptadjustchangedevelopevolvegrow

• fossilized past participle
• fossilized past simple
• fossilizing present participle
• fossilizes third person singular