petrify in French
petrify in French is pétrifier — petrify means to turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
petrify in French
pétrifier
What does "petrify" mean?
- verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- verb To make something stiff and hard, as if it had turned to stone.
- verb To make someone so frightened that they cannot move.
- verb To turn to stone, or to gain a stone-like hardness, as when organic material is transformed by calcareous deposits.
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What is "petrify" in French?
"petrify" in French is pétrifier. petrify means: To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
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