Yes, the word petrified can be used as a verb.
As in:"he petrified the wood".
Other verbs are petrify, petrifies and petrifying.
No, the word 'petrified' is a verb; the past participle, past tense of the verb to petrify.The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.The noun forms of the verb to petrify are petrificationand the gerund, petrifying.
Petrified means to be shocked by something. For example: The man was petrified at what he saw.
The word petrified has three syllables. The syllables in the word are pe-tri-fied.
The verb to petrify, petrified, petrifying, petrifies means: 1. to convert wood or other organic matter into a stony replica by petrifaction. 2. to cause to become stiff or stonelike; deaden. 3. to stun or paralyze with terror; daze. The verb to petrify can be a physical process or an emotional process.
She was so petrified of the dragon, she hid behind a big rock so it wouldn't find her.
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I hate to break this to you, dear questioner, but you just did. Other answers: Anyone can use the word petrified. There is no law regarding the use of the word, and it would be illegal for a government to wilfully imprison, torture, reprimand and/or kill an individual or group of people for using the word petrified. You would use the word petrified to express fear and/or fright.
Petrified means to be shocked by something. For example: The man was petrified at what he saw.
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(The word can mean turned to stone, or metaphorically, shocked into immobility.)The petrified remains of sea animals are found in fossil.When the ghost suddenly appeared, he was petrified.
It takes a lot more than just time to petrify a forest.
Petrified means you are frightened. You have a big fear of something just like the word Phobia.