RUBIFY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubify mean? 

• RUBIFY (verb)
  The verb RUBIFY has 1 sense:

1. make ruby red

  Familiarity information: RUBIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBIFY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make ruby red

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

redden (make red)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rubify"):

rubric (adorn with ruby red color)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

ruby (a deep and vivid red color)