Petrify Verb Make Stone Substance Stony Hardness Petrified

pet·ri·fy
\\ˈpe-trə-ˌfī\\ verb
(-fied ; -fy·ing)transitive verb
1. to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
2. to make rigid or inert like stone:
  a. to make lifeless or inactive :

deaden

      slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Review
  b. to confound with fear, amazement, or awe
      a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you — Martin Levin
intransitive verb
: to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity

petrify
  1594, from M.Fr. pétrifier "to make or become stone," from L. petra "rock" + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Metaphoric sense of "paralyze with fear or shock" first recorded 1771.

petrify
pet·rify / 5petrifai / verb (petri·fies, petri·fy·ing, petri·fied, petri·fied)
1. [VN] to make sb feel extremely frightened
   使吓呆；使惊呆
   SYN 

terrify

2. [V , VN] to change or to make sth change into a substance like stone
   (使)石化

pet·ri·fy
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -fier -fy
transitive verb
1. : to convert into stone; specifically : to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness through the infiltration of water containing dissolved mineral matter
2. : to make hard, rigid, or inert like or as if like stone:
 a. : to make lifeless or inactive :
  < slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking — Saturday Review >
  < his independence had not petrified his sympathies — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : to confound with fear, amazement, or awe : ,
  < the original purpose of the aboriginal objects was to petrify uninitiated members of the tribe — T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings >
  < is petrified of talking in public — Alan Frank >
intransitive verb
1. : to become stone or a substance of stony hardness
2. : to become hard, rigid, or inert like or as if like stone
 < principles and rules … have petrified with the accumulated weight of precedent on precedent — B.N.Cardozo >
 < her face had petrified into the fearsome pioneer resolution of unremitting housewifery — Nigel Dennis >

Synonyms: see