Petrify

What do we mean by petrify?

To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction. transitive verb

To cause to lose vitality or become impervious to change; deaden. transitive verb

To stun or paralyze with terror; daze. transitive verb

To convert into stone or a stony substance; change into stone.

To make hard as stone; render hard or callous: as, to petrify the heart.

To paralyze or stupefy as with fear or amazement: as, to petrify one with astonishment.

To become stone or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by means of calcareous or other deposits in its cavities; hence, to change into lifeless hardness or rigidity.

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. intransitive verb

Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate. intransitive verb

To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance. transitive verb

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction. Young. transitive verb

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. verb

To produce rigidness akin to stone. verb

To immobilize with fright. verb

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. verb

To become stony, callous, or obdurate. verb

Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned verb

Change into stone verb

Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern verb

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

To produce rigidity akin to stone.

To immobilize with fright.

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

Gettin' hard. Urban Dictionary

(adjective) scared stiff, alarmed, stunned, startled, astonished. Urban Dictionary

The act of bringing both of ones hands together to create a fist, then using it has a battle ram, plunging it into some sort of hole. Urban Dictionary

In West-Central Scotland: To embellish, exaggerate and generally expand the true meaning of a story, often losing the truth in the process Urban Dictionary

Alcohol intoxicated(another way of saying stoned (out)) Urban Dictionary

Adj. stoned so often that acute effects on thought are outwardly noticeable. Urban Dictionary

Something absolutely scary and shocking that leaves the crowd shocked. Urban Dictionary

Pet·ri·fied ˈpetrəˌfīd/ adjective adjective: petrified 1. so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified. "the petrified child clung to her mother" 2. (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance; ossified. "petrified wood" Urban Dictionary

An unreasonable (or is it?)phobia of treating computer mouse as a pet. Urban Dictionary

So terrified that one can't move. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to petrify:
petrify, putrify, metrify.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word petrify:
stone.

Words that rhyme with petrify:
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Consonant match to petrify:
putrefy, putrify.

Words that sound like petrify:
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