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# petrifying

«petrifying» in Mova's school dictionary: **to turn something into stone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To petrify is to turn something into stone. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a witch's stare petrifies her victims

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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