petrify

Meaning of petrify

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 petrify

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

pet-rify

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • petrify is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

petrify synonyms

Meaning lapidify:

lapidify

Meaning rigidify:

rigidify, ossify

Translation of petrify

Words that rhyme with petrify

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