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- pronunciation:
- pe
tr
faI
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
petrifies, petrifying, petrified |
| definition 1: |
to turn into stone. Minerals left behind by water petrify wood by replacing woods cells when they die.
These pieces of petrified wood are made almost entirely of quartz crystal.
- similar words:
- deaden, freeze, harden, numb
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| definition 2: |
to make unable to act or move from terror.
That monster movie really petrified me.- similar words:
- astonish, astound, daze, frighten, paralyze, stun, terrify
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| derivations: |
petrifiable (adj.), petrified (adj.), petrifaction (n.), petrification (n.) |
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