"petrified" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more petrified [comparative], most petrified [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} petrified (comparative more petrified, superlative most petrified)
  1. Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone. Translations (transformed into stony substance): forstenet (Danish), versteinert (German), förstenad (Swedish), förstelnad (Swedish), petrifierad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-petrified-en-adj-IB0zwNxT Disambiguation of 'transformed into stony substance': 93 7
  2. Extremely afraid. Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms (afraid): afraid Translations (extremely afraid): versteinert (German)
    Sense id: en-petrified-en-adj-TyWODHnH Disambiguation of Fear: 18 48 33 Disambiguation of 'afraid': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'extremely afraid': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: petrified carpentry, semipetrified

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} petrified
  1. simple past and past participle of petrify Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: petrify
    Sense id: en-petrified-en-verb-UlAZ8T6C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 16 67

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