石化 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- petrify verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
Senses
石化 is used for these senses in English:
- petrify (transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
petrify — full definition
- verb To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
- verb To produce rigidity akin to stone.
- verb To immobilize with fright.
- verb To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
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