VITRIFY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: vitrified

Present simple: I / you / we / they vitrify ... he / she / it vitrifies

Past simple: vitrified

Past participle: vitrified

-ing form: vitrifying

Meaning:

Undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vitrify" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

vitrification (the process of becoming vitreous)

Meaning:

Change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vitrify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vitrification (a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified)