Petrify - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpetrɪfaɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpetrɪfaɪ|
verb
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
- change into stone (syn: lapidify)
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (syn: ossify)
- change into stone (syn: lapidify)
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (syn: ossify)
slogans petrify our thinking
Extra examples
The dead tree petrified into stone.
She had stood petrified before him, as if affected by some wicked spell.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: petrify
he/she/it: petrifies
present participle: petrifying
past tense: petrified
past participle: petrified
I/you/we/they: petrify
he/she/it: petrifies
present participle: petrifying
past tense: petrified
past participle: petrified
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