• To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into
    stone or stony substance.


    Petrify meaning & definition 1 of Petrify.


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

    Petrify meaning & definition 2 of Petrify.


  • Gettin hard.

    Petrify meaning & definition 3 of Petrify.


  • Change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

    Petrify meaning & definition 4 of Petrify.


  • to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak:

    Petrify meaning & definition 5 of Petrify.

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