English verb: petrify | |||
1. | petrify (change) cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned | ||
Samples | The horror petrified his feelings. Fear petrified her thinking. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blunt, deaden | ||
2. | petrify (change) change into stone | ||
Samples | The wood petrified with time. | ||
Synonyms | lapidify | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fossilise, fossilize | ||
3. | petrify (change) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | ||
Samples | Rigidify the training schedule. Ossified teaching methods. Slogans petrify our thinking. | ||
Synonyms | ossify, rigidify | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stiffen | ||