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# petrifying

verb (petrify, petrifies, petrified, petrifying); also adjective

«petrifying» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To petrify is to turn something into stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/#m1)
2. To petrify is to frighten someone so badly they cannot move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a witch's stare petrifies her victims

### Examples

- The sight of the dragon was petrifying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/#x1)
- A petrifying gaze turned the knight to stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «petrifying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«petrifying» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petrifying.html) on Mova free.