Czech Meaning of petrify

zkamenět

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Definitions and Meaning of petrify in English

Wordnet

petrify (v)

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

change into stone

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

Webster

petrify (v. t.)

To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young.

Webster

petrify (v. i.)

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.

Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

FAQs About the word petrify

zkamenět

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright, change into stone, make rigid and set into a conventional patternTo convert, as any animal

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