fosilleşmek, taşıllaşmak; fosilleştirmek, taşıllaştırmak

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Definition of fosilleşmek, taşıllaşmak; fosilleştirmek, taşıllaştırmak in Turkish English dictionary

{f} fossilize

to become inflexible or outmoded

fos·sil·ize fossilizes fossilizing fossilized in BRIT, also use fossilise1. If the remains of an animal or plant fossilize or are fossilized, they become hard and form fossils, instead of decaying completely. The most important parts, the flowers, rarely fossilise The survival of the proteins depends on the way in which bones are fossilised. fossilized dinosaur bones

To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden

To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood

convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

{f} change into a fossil, petrify; be petrified, become a fossil; make outmoded; become old-fashioned or outmoded, become unchanging (also fossilise)

To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress

become mentally inflexible convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone

disapproval If you say that ideas, attitudes, or ways of behaving have fossilized or have been fossilized, you are criticizing the fact that they are fixed and unlikely to change, in spite of changing situations or circumstances. What they seem to want to do in fact is fossilize the particular environment in which people live and work Needs change while policies fossilize. + fossilized fos·sil·ized these fossilized organisations

To become fossil

to become a fossil

become mentally inflexible

Hyphenation

fo·sil·leş·mek, ta·şıl·laş·mak; fo·sil·leş·tir·mek, ta·şıl·laş·tır·mak