petrified

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A petrified plant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone. a block of petrified wood
A fossil that has turned to stone As the organic material decays, it is slowly replaced by minerals, leaving a cast in stone of the organism or some of its parts
(3 syl ) The petrified city Ishmonie, in Upper Egypt, is so called from the number of petrified bodies of men, women, and children to be seen there (Latin, petra-fio, to become rock )
converted into stone
{s} dumbfounded; frightened; silenced by fear; turned to stone as a result of mineral-laden water (about wood)
adj describes an organic object that has been turned to stone, such as wood, by fossilization processes See Permineralized
If you are petrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move. I've always been petrified of being alone Most people seem to be petrified of snakes. = terrified
so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"
A process of fossilization in which the cells of an organism are replaced by minerals
converted into a mineral; "petrified wood"
Petrified Forest
a large national park in eastern Arizona, US, where the rock surfaces show fossils (=ancient plants and trees that have been preserved in rock)
Petrified Forest National Park
national park in Arizona (USA) where the trunks of trees have turned to stone as a result of heavily mineral-laden water
Petrified Forest National Park
National park, eastern Arizona, U.S. Established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962, it has an area of 146 sq mi (378 sq km). It features extensive exhibits of petrified wood in several "forest" areas, fossilized leaves, plants, and broken logs, and the Painted Desert. Other features include petroglyphs and ancient Pueblo Indian ruins
petrified forest
forest in which the tree trunks have turned to stone as a result of heavily mineral-laden water
petrified forest national park
a national park in Arizona having the world's largest collection of petrified coniferous trees
petrified wood
Fossil formed by the infiltration of minerals into cavities between and within cells of natural wood, usually by silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) or calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). Often this replacement of organic tissue by mineral deposits is so precise that the internal structure as well as the external shape is faithfully represented; sometimes even the cell structure may be determined
petrify
To produce rigidness akin to stone
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To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals
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To immobilize with fright
petrify
to convert into a substance of stony hardness and character
petrify
{v} to change to stone, to become stone
petrify
To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance
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To become stony, callous, or obdurate
petrify
change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
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To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits
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To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart
petrify
{f} make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear
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cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
petrify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there. = terrify + petrifying pet·ri·fy·ing I found the climb absolutely petrifying. = terrifying
petrify
cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking
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