petrify

English Thesaurus

1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned (verb.change)

hypernym	:	blunt, deaden,
definition	:	make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation (verb.change)

2. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (verb.change)

hypernym	:	stiffen,
definition	:	make stiff or stiffer (verb.change)

3. change into stone (verb.change)

hypernym	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	convert to a fossil (verb.change)

4. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (verb.change)

derivation	:	inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness,
definition	:	the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	conformity, ossification,
definition	:	hardened conventionality (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	rigidity, rigidness,
definition	:	the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ossification,
definition	:	the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior (noun.process)

5. change into stone (verb.change)

derivation	:	petrifaction,
definition	:	a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form (noun.object)

derivation	:	petrifaction, petrification,
definition	:	the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape (noun.process)

6. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (verb.change)

derivation	:	inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness,
definition	:	the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	conformity, ossification,
definition	:	hardened conventionality (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	rigidity, rigidness,
definition	:	the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ossification,
definition	:	the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior (noun.process)

7. change into stone (verb.change)

derivation	:	petrifaction,
definition	:	a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form (noun.object)

derivation	:	petrifaction, petrification,
definition	:	the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape (noun.process)