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 →

2) To petrify is to frighten someone so badly they cannot move. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a witch's stare petrifies her victims

examples

• The sight of the dragon was petrifying. tree →
• A petrifying gaze turned the knight to stone. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «petrifying» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.