| VERB | change | petrify | cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned / stunned |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | petrify, lapidify | change into stone | |
| change | petrify, rigidify, ossify | make rigid / rigid / rigid and set into a conventional pattern |
| Sounds | peh'trahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned / stunned. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | deaden, blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
| Spanish | petrificar | |
| Catalan | petrificar | |
| Meaning | change into stone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | lapidify | |
| Broader | fossilize, fossilise | convert to a fossil |
| Spanish | lapidificar, petrificarse, petrificar | |
| Catalan | lapidificar, petrificar-se, petrificar | |
| Nouns | petrifaction | a rock created by petrifaction |
| petrifaction, petrification | the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape | |
| Meaning | make rigid / rigid / rigid and set into a conventional pattern. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "slogans petrify our thinking" | |
| Synonyms | rigidify, ossify | |
| Broader | stiffen | make stiff or stiffer |
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