aklını başından almak. be petrified (korkudan) donakalmak, donup kalmak

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Definition of aklını başından almak. be petrified (korkudan) donakalmak, donup kalmak in Turkish English dictionary

{f} petrify

To produce rigidness akin to stone

To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals

To immobilize with fright

{v} to change to stone, to become stone

to convert into a substance of stony hardness and character

To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance

To become stony, callous, or obdurate

change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"

To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart

{f} make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear

cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"

If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there. = terrify + petrifying pet·ri·fy·ing I found the climb absolutely petrifying. = terrifying

cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking

Hyphenation

ak·lı·nı ba·şın·dan al·mak. be pet·ri·fi·ed (kor·ku·dan) do·na·kal·mak, do·nup kal·mak