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    [Adjective]  | "pet*ri*fied" | \ ˈpe-trə-ˌfīd \


    1: converted into stone through a slow process of mineralization

    2: overwhelmingly fearful : rendered motionless or unable to act by fear

    Origin: 15th century ;

     From past participle of {see: |petrify|petrify};

    [Verb]  | "pet*ri*fy" | \ ˈpe-trə-ˌfī \


    1: to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter

    2: to make rigid or inert like stone:

    3: to make lifeless or inactive : deaden

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English petrifien (as past participle petrified), borrowed from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra "rock, boulder, crag" (borrowed from Greek pétra) + -ificāre {see: |-ify|-ify} {mat|petro-|};

    [Geographical name]  | "Petrified Forest National Park" 


    1: reservation in the Painted Desert of eastern Arizona containing natural exhibits of petrified wood

    [Verb]  | "petrified" 


    1: to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality;


      * e.g., " ... groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years "




    [Verb]  | "petrify" 


    1: to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality;


      * e.g., " ... groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years "




     [ "petrified" ]

    1: (adjective) scared stiff, alarmed, stunned, startled, astonished.

      * e.g.,  ... Machine Shop rockin when we step inside, and we got everybody so petrified. -- M.Shinoda FortMinor, 'Petrified' 

     [ "petrified" ]

    1: alcohol intoxicated(another way of saying stoned (out))

      * e.g.,  ... That car was swerving so much, the driver had to be petrified. 

     [ "petrified" ]

    1: adj. stoned so often that acute effects on thought are outwardly noticeable.

      * e.g.,  ... little bitch is petrified, no wonder he get no love. 

     [ "petrified" ]

    1: An unreasonable (or is it?)phobia of treating computer mouse as a pet.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm petrified of sharpening my mouse instead of my pencil. 

     [ "the petrifier" ]

    1: The act of bringing both of ones hands together to create a fist, then using it has a battle ram, plunging it into some sort of hole.

      * e.g.,  ... Yo Albert and CJ hold open this girls legs as I preform the Petrifier. Don't drop the soap or someone may give you the petrifier. 

     [ "Petrify" ]

    1: In West-Central Scotland: To embellish, exaggerate and generally expand the true meaning of a story, often losing the truth in the process

      * e.g.,  ... He was known to petrify accounts of his various visits to Manchester 

     [ "petrifying" ]

    1: Something absolutely scary and shocking that leaves the crowd shocked.

      * e.g.,  ... When I heard of the ghost it was petrifying 

     [ "Petrified" ]

    1: pet·ri·fied

      * e.g.,  ... Person1: Hey man! 

     [ "Petrified" ]

    2: ˈpetrəˌfīd/

      * e.g.,  ... Person2: Look what I found! 

     [ "Petrified" ]

    3: adjective

      * e.g.,  ... Person1: What is it? 

     [ "Petrified" ]

    4: adjective: petrified so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified. "the petrified child clung to her mother" (of organic matter) changed into a stony substance; ossified. "petrified wood"

      * e.g.,  ... Person2: I found some petrified wood! 

     [ "petrify" ]

    1: Gettin' hard.

      * e.g.,  ... A Gargoyle can petrifies in the day. 

     [ "Petrified" ]

    1: So terrified that one can't move.

      * e.g.,  ... John was petrified after the rollercoaster ride. 

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