PETRIFY
Function: verb
Inflected forms:
petrifies; petrified; petrifying
Meanings:
1 - (with object): to make (someone) very afraid
e.g.
It petrifies (terrifies) me to think of how close we came to dying.
2 - (technical): to slowly change (something, such as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time
e.g.
(with object) the processes that petrify wood
(no object) The dead tree petrified into stone.
No comments:
Post a Comment