stonify

verb

Etymology

From stone + -ify.

  1. derived from *steyh₂- — “to stiffen
  2. inherited from *stainaz — “stone
  3. inherited from *stain
  4. inherited from stān
  5. inherited from ston
  6. suffixed as stonify — “stone + ify

Definitions

  1. To petrify (as a mineral, to harden).

  2. To become stone, to turn to stone

    To become stone, to turn to stone; to cause (something or someone) to become stone, to turn (something) to stone.

  3. To immobilize.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stonify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA