Meaning of "petrify" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PETRIFY

From French pétrifier, ultimately from Greek petra stone, rock.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PETRIFY

petrify  [ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETRIFY

Petrify is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb petrify in English.

WHAT DOES PETRIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Petrifaction

In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood is a common result of this process, but all organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates, can be petrified. Petrification takes place through a combination of two similar processes: permineralization and replacement. These processes create replicas of the original specimen that are similar down to the microscopic level.

Definition of petrify in the English dictionary

The first definition of petrify in the dictionary is to convert into a fossilized form by impregnation with dissolved minerals so that the original appearance is preserved. Other definition of petrify is to make or become dull, unresponsive, insensitive, etc; deaden. Petrify is also to stun or daze with horror, fear, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PETRIFY

PRESENT

Present

I petrify

you petrify

he/she/it petrifies

we petrify

you petrify

they petrify

Present continuous

I am petrifying

you are petrifying

he/she/it is petrifying

we are petrifying

you are petrifying

they are petrifying

Present perfect

I have petrified

you have petrified

he/she/it has petrified

we have petrified

you have petrified

they have petrified

Present perfect continuous

I have been petrifying

you have been petrifying

he/she/it has been petrifying

we have been petrifying

you have been petrifying

they have been petrifying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I petrified

you petrified

he/she/it petrified

we petrified

you petrified

they petrified

Past continuous

I was petrifying

you were petrifying

he/she/it was petrifying

we were petrifying

you were petrifying

they were petrifying

Past perfect

I had petrified

you had petrified

he/she/it had petrified

we had petrified

you had petrified

they had petrified

Past perfect continuous

I had been petrifying

you had been petrifying

he/she/it had been petrifying

we had been petrifying

you had been petrifying

they had been petrifying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will petrify

you will petrify

he/she/it will petrify

we will petrify

you will petrify

they will petrify

Future continuous

I will be petrifying

you will be petrifying

he/she/it will be petrifying

we will be petrifying

you will be petrifying

they will be petrifying

Future perfect

I will have petrified

you will have petrified

he/she/it will have petrified

we will have petrified

you will have petrified

they will have petrified

Future perfect continuous

I will have been petrifying

you will have been petrifying

he/she/it will have been petrifying

we will have been petrifying

you will have been petrifying

they will have been petrifying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would petrify

you would petrify

he/she/it would petrify

we would petrify

you would petrify

they would petrify

Conditional continuous

I would be petrifying

you would be petrifying

he/she/it would be petrifying

we would be petrifying

you would be petrifying

they would be petrifying

Conditional perfect

I would have petrify

you would have petrify

he/she/it would have petrify

we would have petrify

you would have petrify

they would have petrify

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been petrifying

you would have been petrifying

he/she/it would have been petrifying

we would have been petrifying

you would have been petrifying

they would have been petrifying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you petrify
we let´s petrify
you petrify

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to petrify

Past participle

petrified

Present Participle

petrifying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PETRIFY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «petrify» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of petrify

amaze · appal · astonish · astound · calcify · confound · dumbfound · fossilize · harden · horrify · immobilize · ossify · paralyse · set · solidify · stun · stupefy · terrify · transfix

TRANSLATION OF PETRIFY

Find out the translation of petrify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of petrify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petrify» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 石化
• Translator English - Spanish: petrificar
• English: petrify
• Translator English - Hindi: पत्थर बनाना
• Translator English - Arabic: تحجير
• Translator English - Russian: окаменеть
• Translator English - Portuguese: petrificar
• Translator English - Bengali: শিলীভূত করা
• Translator English - French: pétrifier
• Translator English - Malay: Melemahkan
• Translator English - German: versteinern
• Translator English - Japanese: petrify
• Translator English - Korean: 석화
• Translator English - Javanese: Petrify
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm kinh ngạc
• Translator English - Tamil: கல் போன்ற கடினப்
• Translator English - Marathi: पेटी
• Translator English - Turkish: taşlaşmak
• Translator English - Italian: pietrificarsi
• Translator English - Polish: paraliżować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: закам´яніти
• Translator English - Romanian: pietrifica
• Translator English - Greek: απολιθώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: versteend
• Translator English - Swedish: petrify
• Translator English - Norwegian: forsteine

QUOTES WITH «PETRIFY»

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Robert Musil

Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETRIFY»

Discover the use of petrify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petrify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

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Beth Chambers, 2012

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Micrographia(1665):

That which I more particular examin'd, was a piece about the bigness of a mans hand, which seem'd to have been a part of some large tree, that by rottenness had been broken off from it before it began to be petrify'd. And indeed, all that I ...

Robert Hooke, 2014

Micrographia Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies

Observ. XVII. Of. Petrify'd. wood,. and. other. Petrify'd. bodies. OF this sort of substance, I observ'd several pieces of very differing kinds, both for their outward shape, colour, grain, texture, hardness, &c some being brown and redifh , others  ...

Robert Hooke, 2007

Verification of Systems and Circuits Using LOTOS, Petri ...

5.3 ABOUT PETRIFY PETRIFY is a powerful and efficient tool, which enables us to work with textbased representations of Petri nets. PETRIFY was developed in Barcelona, Spain under the guidance of Professor J. Cortadella. See Reference ...

Michael Yoeli, Rakefet Kol, 2008

Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency I

Unfortunately, Petrify was unable to derive a Petri net as shown in Fig. 13 from the given state space. As a result, this state space could not be used to illustrate our approach. However, it might be of interest to know why Petrify failed.

Kurt Jensen, Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Jonathan Billington, 2008

Three physico-theological discourses, concerning the ...

Several Fragments and Lumps of petrify'd Sheik, as they lie in Quarries and Beds under Ground ; on many of these Petrifactions there still remain some LaTfiiti^y or Plates of the Original Shells, which prove them not to bo Stones primarily io ...

John Ray, 1713

The natural history of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak in ...

A petrify 'd Oyster, found in Dcrbyjhire. Fig. 4. A Cockle petrify 'd, found in Lancajhire ; this is likewise stiled the Teclunculus Auritus. Fig. f. One of the Echini petrify 'd, with the representations of Trees upon it, as may be observed by the Cut ...

Charles Leigh, 1700

Applications and Theory of Petri Nets: 29th International ...

Table 2 contains a comparison between a synthesis algorithm of safe Petri nets [ CKLY98], implemented in the tool petrify, and the synthesis of general Petri nets as described in this paper, implemented in the prototype tool Genet. For each ...

Kees M. van Hee, Rüdiger Valk, 2008

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... leaders, 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Petrify (8-8) by 2l, 10 ran. «SkySports, Jul 15»

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... to win by two lengths. Petrify, who was second, is proving expensive to follow after being placed for the third time in a row after starting slowly. «Monmouthshire Beacon, Jul 15»

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Bereft of ideas, solutions, hope or imagination, Harper will almost certainly use most of his war chest trying to petrify Canadians while assuring ... «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»

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But Four Columns represents Screature uncompromised and unrelenting. The LP is sonic rigor mortis, choosing to petrify rather than shed skin. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»

Austerity as Class Warfare of World Capitalism

Retrograde ideas and values die hard, while nations and institutions which are based on them gradually petrify, lose their appeal, encounter ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»

Double for Kingscote at Chepstow

... the lead over a furlong and a half out and the Sarah Hollinshead-trained dark grey went on to a length and three quarter victory over Petrify. «Monmouthshire Beacon, Jul 15»