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petrify - Dictionary definition and meaning for petrify

PETRIFY

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  • (verb) cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned

    "The horror petrified his feelings", "Fear petrified her thinking"

  • (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

    "rigidify the training schedule", "ossified teaching methods", "slogans petrify our thinking"

    synonyms : ossify , rigidify
  • (verb) change into stone

    "the wood petrified with time"

    synonyms : lapidify
    petrify
    -tagged by Administrator
    A Log of 100 million year old silicated Petrified Wood, which has petrified with time and have become a stone now.

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Selected Mnemonic for petrify

  • (Tag: Hindi) sounds like PATHARify (hindi pathar-stone)hence, the word.

    added by userdce

Mnemonics for petrify

  • (Tag: English) killing a pet with a riffle (by being STONE hearted)

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  • (Tag: Synonyms) petIFY -> ossIFY

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