petrify

pet·ri·fy  (ptr-f)

v. pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing, pet·ri·fies

v.tr.

1. To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction.

2. To cause to become stiff or stonelike; deaden.

3. To stun or paralyze with terror; daze.

v.intr.

To become stony, especially by petrifaction.

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[Middle English petrifien, to harden, from Old French petrifier : Latin petra, rock (from Greek petr; see per-² in Indo-European roots) + Old French -fier, -fy.]

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petrify [ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪ]

vb -fies, -fying, -fied

1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) (tr; often passive) to convert (organic material, esp plant material) into a fossilized form by impregnation with dissolved minerals so that the original appearance is preserved

2. to make or become dull, unresponsive, insensitive, etc.; deaden

3. (tr; often passive) to stun or daze with horror, fear, etc.

[from French pétrifier, ultimately from Greek petra stone, rock]

petrifier  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	petrify - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" blunt, deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
	2.	petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" lapidify fossilise, fossilize - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
	3.	petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" ossify, rigidify stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

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petrify

verb

1. terrify, horrify, amaze, astonish, stun, appal, paralyse, astound, confound, transfix, stupefy, immobilize, dumbfound His story petrified me.

2. fossilize, set, harden, solidify, ossify, turn to stone, calcify Bird and bat guano petrifies into a mineral called taranakite.

Translations

petrify [ˈpetrɪfaɪ]

A. VT

1. (lit) → petrificar
to become petrified → petrificarse

2. (fig) → aterrorizar, horrorizar
we were petrified → nos quedamos aterrorizados or horrorizados
to be petrified with fear → estar muerto de miedo
she's petrified of losing → le aterroriza or horroriza perder

B. VI → petrificarse

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petrify [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ] vt (= terrify) → terrifier, pétrifier

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petrify

vt

(lit) → versteinern

(= frighten) he really petrifies me → er jagt mir schreckliche Angst ein; a petrifying experience → ein schreckliches Erlebnis; to be petrified by something → sich panisch vor etw fürchten

vi → versteinern

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petrify [ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪ]

1. vt (fig) → terrorizzare

2. vi (turn to stone) → pietrificarsi (frm) (stagnate) → sclerotizzarsi

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petrify

v petrify [ˈpetrifai]

to make (someone) very frightened; to terrify The thought of having to make a speech petrified him. bevrees maak يَصْعَق، يُذْهِل вкаменявам nahánět strach skræmme; gøre stiv af rædsel erstarren lassen τρομοκρατώ petrificar, aterrorizar kohutama بهت زده کردن kauhistuttaa pétrifier לְהָמֵם सन्न रह जाना okameniti halálra rémít membuat ketakutan lama(st) af skelfingu pietrificare すくませる 아연실색하게 하다 kelti (kam) siaubą, stulbinti sastingt; pārakmeņoties menyebabkan sso terpaku doen verstijven gjøre skrekkslagen, skremme vettet av przerazić porazić petrificar a îngheţa приводить в оцепенение vydesiť paralizirati prestrašiti se förstena, lamslå ทำให้ตกตะลึง dehşete düşürmek 使人發獃，嚇呆 приводити в заціпеніння; приголомшувати خوف زدہ کرنا làm sững sờ/ làm chết điếng 使人发呆，吓呆