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petrify
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
petrifies; petrified; petrifying
petrifies; petrified; petrifying
Learner's definition of PETRIFY
1
[+ object] : to make (someone) very afraid使…吓呆
- It petrifies [=terrifies] me to think of how close we came to dying.想到我们曾离死亡那么近我都吓坏了。
2
technical : to slowly change (something, such as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time石化；使石化
[+ object]
- the processes that petrify wood使木头石化的过程
[no object]
- The dead tree petrified into stone.枯木石化成了石头
petrify
verb
pet·ri·fy ˈpe-trə-ˌfī 
petrified; petrifying
1
: to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
: to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity
Example Sentences
the processes that petrify wood The dead tree petrified into stone.
Recent Examples on the Web That’s devastating to the economy, however, and Trump is petrified that the tanking stock market will take his re-election hopes right along with it. 
Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2020 Many of the aides who helped people like her dad were petrified. Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2020 Peter is petrified by the idea of keeping someone like Luke in the mix as long as Hannah Brown did. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2020 Because success is petrifying for people, whereas failure is easy to manage. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2020 But they intersect in Berlin during the depths of the Cold War, when the West was petrified that the Soviets would stage an unprovoked and undetected assault. Steven V. Roberts, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019 After a cataclysm petrified them, only their trunks remained. Wired, 18 Nov. 2019 The idea of sitting for days of interviews — just their two faces filling the screen — was petrifying to the Lewises. Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019 Gannon announced over 130 winners across the six participating villages, ranging from chilling landscapes to petrifying portraits. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019 See More
Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2020 Many of the aides who helped people like her dad were petrified. Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 25 Apr. 2020 Peter is petrified by the idea of keeping someone like Luke in the mix as long as Hannah Brown did. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 21 Jan. 2020 Because success is petrifying for people, whereas failure is easy to manage. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2020 But they intersect in Berlin during the depths of the Cold War, when the West was petrified that the Soviets would stage an unprovoked and undetected assault. Steven V. Roberts, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019 After a cataclysm petrified them, only their trunks remained. Wired, 18 Nov. 2019 The idea of sitting for days of interviews — just their two faces filling the screen — was petrifying to the Lewises. Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2019 Gannon announced over 130 winners across the six participating villages, ranging from chilling landscapes to petrifying portraits. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English petrifien (as past participle petrified), borrowed from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra "rock, boulder, crag" (borrowed from Greek pétra) + -ificāre -ify — more at petro-
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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