petrify, v.
(petrified, petrifies, petrifying)
freq. cnt. 1
(petrified, petrifies, petrifying)
freq. cnt. 1
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
petrify
sample sentences
"The horror petrified his feelings""Fear petrified her thinking"
verb frames
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
<verb.change>
ossify petrify rigidify
sample sentences
"rigidify the training schedule""ossified teaching methods"
"slogans petrify our thinking"
verb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
change into stone
<verb.change>
lapidify petrify
sample sentences
"the wood petrified with time"verb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym