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# petrifaction

«petrifaction» in Mova's school dictionary: **The turning of something into stone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The turning of something into stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/#m1)

2) (formal) A state of being so frightened that you cannot move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in myths a monster's gaze brings petrifaction to its victims

### examples

- The gorgon's method of petrifaction is strange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/#x1)
- Fear caused his petrifaction in the doorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «petrifaction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.