English dictionary
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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 | ||
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