petrifies

Meaning of petrifies

verb
  1. To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. To immobilize with fright.
  4. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
  5. To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
  6. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

Information about petrifies

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of petrifies is: petrify.
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Hyphenation of petrifies

pet-ri-fies

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • petrifies is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with petrifies

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