Petrify Definition & Meaning
petrify
- verb
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
- change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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- What does petrify mean?
- cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
- What part of speech is petrify?
- Petrify is a verb.
- How many definitions does petrify have?
- Petrify has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).