petrify
/pɛtrə,faɪ/
verb
7 letters3 syllables15 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
VERB
1
Change into stone.
2
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
“slogans petrify our thinking”
3
Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright.
WORD FORMS
Related formpetrifaction
Related formpetrification
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinetrifypay
Starts & ends withP … Y
Syllablespet · ri · fy
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
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