About The Word Stiffen
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Stiffen
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What's The Definition Of Stiffen?
[v] make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
[v] become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" [v] restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stiffen: constrain | tighten | tighten up Related Terms | Find terms related to Stiffen: See Also | alter | bound | buckram | change | confine | limit | ossify | petrify | restrain | restrict | rigidify | starch | stiffen | throttle | trammel Stiffen In Webster's Dictionary \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
stiffen cloth with starch.
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste.
3. To make torpid; to benumb.
\Stiff"en\, v. i. To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. --Dryden. The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. --Dryden. Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. --Dryden. |
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