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petrified
(encz) | petrified,zkamenělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
petrified
(gcide) | petrified \petrified\ adj.
1. Converted into stone.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood.
Syn: mineralized.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Same as terrified; as, petrified by the sight of the
approaching bear.
Syn: panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified,
frightened.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with
fear
Syn: frozen.
[PJC]
5. Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination
petrified by habitual television viewing.
Syn: frozen; ossified.
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Petrified
(gcide) | Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\ (p[e^]t"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Petrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Petrifying.] [L. petra rock,
Gr. pe`tra (akin to pe`tros a stone) + -fy: cf. F.
p['e]trifier. Cf. Parrot, Petrel, Pier.]
1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
[1913 Webster]
A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
--Kirwan.
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2. To make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. "Petrifying
accuracy." --Sir W. Scott.
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And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope.
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A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
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3. To paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
[PJC]
The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
what he was doing. --De Quincey.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
petrified
(encz) | petrified,zkamenělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
petrified
(gcide) | petrified \petrified\ adj.
1. Converted into stone.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood.
Syn: mineralized.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Same as terrified; as, petrified by the sight of the
approaching bear.
Syn: panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified,
frightened.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with
fear
Syn: frozen.
[PJC]
5. Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination
petrified by habitual television viewing.
Syn: frozen; ossified.
[PJC]Petrify \Pet"ri*fy\ (p[e^]t"r[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Petrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Petrifying.] [L. petra rock,
Gr. pe`tra (akin to pe`tros a stone) + -fy: cf. F.
p['e]trifier. Cf. Parrot, Petrel, Pier.]
1. To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
[1913 Webster]
A river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
--Kirwan.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young. "Petrifying
accuracy." --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
And petrify a genius to a dunce. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
petrify your volition. --G. Eliot.
[1913 Webster]
3. To paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
[PJC]
The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
what he was doing. --De Quincey.
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Unpetrified
(gcide) | Unpetrified \Unpetrified\
See petrified. |
petrified forest national park
(wn) | Petrified Forest National Park
n 1: a national park in Arizona having the world's largest
collection of petrified coniferous trees |
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