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petrify
Overview of verb petrify
The verb petrify has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) petrify -- (cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking")
2. lapidify, petrify -- (change into stone; "the wood petrified with time")
3. rigidify, ossify, petrify -- (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking")
Antonyms of verb petrify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
=> convert, change over
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb petrify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
'Cause To' of verb petrify
Derived Forms of verb petrify
1 of 3 senses of petrify
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
RELATED TO>(noun) petrifaction#1
=> petrifaction, petrification
RELATED TO>(noun) petrifaction#2
=> petrifaction
RELATED TO>(noun) petrification#1
=> petrifaction, petrification
Domain of verb petrify
Domain Terms of verb petrify
Familiarity of verb petrify
petrify used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
> deaden, blunt
=> obtund
=> petrify
=> dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
> fossilize, fossilise
=> lapidify, petrify
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
> stiffen
=> starch
=> buckram
=> rigidify, ossify, petrify
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
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Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
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Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
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Grep of verb petrify
petrify
Grep of adj petrify
petrifying
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