petrify

Letters that make petrify

e, f, p, r, t, i, y are letters that make 'petrify'

Words within petrify

pe, RI, pet, PET are words within 'petrify'

3 possible definitions for 'petrify'

Petrify as "change into stone"

Under this definition, petrify is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

lapidify has the same meaning as petrify

petrify as a type

'petrify' can be a type of fossilize, fossilise.

Derivatives of petrify

petrifaction, petrification are derivatives of 'petrify'.

Petrify as "cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned"

Under this definition, petrify is a verb and has the following properties:

petrify as a type

'petrify' can be a type of deaden, blunt.

Petrify as "make rigid and set into a conventional pattern"

Under this definition, petrify is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rigidify, ossify have the same meaning as 'petrify'

petrify as a type

'petrify' can be a type of stiffen.

Derivatives of petrify

inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, ossification, conformity are derivatives of 'petrify'.

Example of petrify used within this context

"rigidify the training schedule", "ossified teaching methods", "slogans petrify our thinking"


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