petrify (verb)
Pronunciation: pe-tra-fi
What does it mean?:
- to convert into stone or a stony substance by the penetration of water and the depositing of minerals which were dissolved in the water.
- to make lifeless or inactive.
- to paralyze with fear, amazement, or awe.
How do you use it?: I was petrified as the huge slobbering dog ran towards me with its teeth barred.
