What is the meaning of Petrify?

To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.

To produce rigidity akin to stone.

To immobilize with fright.

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

To become stony, callous, or obdurate.

To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

Source: wiktionary.org