Definition of stiffen Stiffen
/stɪˈfʌn/ - [stifun] - stiff•en
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| stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | ||
| loose, loosen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| starch stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" | ||
| buckram stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt" | ||
| rigidify, ossify, petrify make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" | ||
| stiffen - become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" | ||
| loose, loosen, relax become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| rigidify make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" | ||
| stiffen - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" | ||
| tighten, tighten up, constrain | ||
| trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stiffen (v. t.)
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. - stiffen (v. t.)
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. - stiffen (v. t.)
To make torpid; to benumb. - stiffen (v. i.)
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
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🔤- stiffen, verb, present, 1st person singular of stiffen (infinitive).
- stiffen, verb (infinitive).
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