Definition of the word petrified

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Petrified (past tense) or petrification (noun) the process by which organic material is converted into stone. The everyday use is to describe so-called "petrified wood".

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Answer 3

Unable to move (sometimes due to being frightened), turned into salt, turned into stone.

Answer 4

petrified is the past tense, you'd say I was petrified. or you can say it was petrifying.