"lignify" meaning in English

See lignify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-lignify.ogg Forms: lignifies [present, singular, third-person], lignifying [participle, present], lignified [participle, past], lignified [past]
Etymology: From Latin līgnum (“wood”) + -ify. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|līgnum||wood}} Latin līgnum (“wood”), {{suffix|en||ify}} + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} lignify (third-person singular simple present lignifies, present participle lignifying, simple past and past participle lignified)
  1. (intransitive) To become wood. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become wood): verhouten (Dutch), lignifier (French), verholzen (German), lignificare (Italian), деревяне́ть (derevjanétʹ) (Russian), деревене́ть (derevenétʹ) (Russian), odunlaşmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lignify-en-verb--7uD6HSP Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 29 36 24 Disambiguation of 'to become wood': 66 1 16 17
  2. (intransitive, botany) To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lignify-en-verb-yBV0ZyhU Categories (other): Botany, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 29 36 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 38 39 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 38 32 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 34 38 20 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (intransitive, by extension) To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood. Tags: broadly, intransitive
    Sense id: en-lignify-en-verb-Gwi0mRVT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 35 50 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 10 24 37 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 29 36 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 38 39 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 28 58 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 27 61 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 29 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 27 39 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 31 40 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 27 44 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 38 32 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 27 44 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 34 38 20
  4. (transitive) To turn into wood; to make ligneous. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lignify-en-verb-cZ6LG3sS Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 11 29 36 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 38 39 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 38 32 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 34 38 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonlignified, unlignified Related terms: lignification

Inflected forms

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