"vitrify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪt.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vitrify.wav Forms: vitrifies [present, singular, third-person], vitrifying [participle, present], vitrified [participle, past], vitrified [past]
Etymology: From Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum (“glass”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wed-}}, {{der|en|frm|vitrifier}} Middle French vitrifier, {{der|en|la|vitrum||glass}} Latin vitrum (“glass”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} vitrify (third-person singular simple present vitrifies, present participle vitrifying, simple past and past participle vitrified)
  1. (transitive) To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion. Tags: transitive Synonyms (convert into glassy substance): glassify Translations (convert into glassy substance): остъклявам (ostǎkljavam) (Bulgarian), zeskelnatět (Czech), forglasse (Danish), υαλοποιώ (yalopoió) (Greek), vitrigar (Ido), gloinigh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-vitrify-en-verb-63mJhdRW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'convert into glassy substance': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'convert into glassy substance': 80 20
  2. (intransitive) To be converted into glass, especially through heat. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-vitrify-en-verb-F~~cUHV0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vitrification, vitrifaction, vitrifacture, vitreous Translations (to be made into glass): vitrifier (French), vitreskar (Ido), gloinigh (Irish), zeszklić (Polish), vitrificar (Spanish), vitrificarse (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to be made into glass': 46 54

Inflected forms

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