Verb:

அச்சத்தால் (அ) வியப்பால் கல்லாய்ச் சமை (அ) செயலற்றுப் போ, கல் போன்ற கடினப் பொருளாக்கு,

petrify's Usage Examples:

What's petrifying about that?At each step disintegration was arrested, but not Jewish genius; and the domination of the Law in Judaism did not as a matter of fact have the petrifying results which might have been anticipated.

petrify was absolutely petrified, you know!petrify petrified wood is visible in some areas with reduced water levels.

petrify so petrified by what he had said.

The district abounds in geysers, springs, mud volcanoes and other phenomena; some of the waters have petrifying powers, and some of the springs are vividly coloured.

quartz replacing other minerals, is of frequent occurrence, and as a petrifying material replacing organic remains it is often met with.

The latter flows to Belfast Lough, the former drains Lough Neagh, which is fed by a number of smaller streams, among them the Crumlin, whose waters have petrifying powers.

Opposite the castle is the Dropping Well, the waters of which are impregnated with lime and have petrifying power, this action causing the curious and beautiful incrustations formed where the water falls over a slight cliff.

petrify astounded, rooted to the spot, almost petrified.

I took it all in for a few moments and it petrified me!She looked petrified, as she should be!petrify they asked if the resident archeologist had seen the petrified penis of the poofter Peruvian prince.

petrify my scheme in the shape of the discovery of a remarkably petrified man.

Synonyms:

blunt, deaden,

Antonyms:

indirect, stay, enliven,