transfixed

«transfixed» in Mova's school dictionary: Held completely still by fear, wonder or surprise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more transfixed, most transfixed; also the past form of transfix)

meaning for a pupil

Held completely still by fear, wonder or surprise. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a character stands transfixed when they see something amazing or terrible.

examples

• She stood transfixed as the king's magic appeared. tree →
• The crowd was transfixed by the bright show. tree →
• He was transfixed with fear at the sound in the dark. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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