Meaning of STIFFEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'stifun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | constrain, tighten, tighten up |
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| | Antonyms: | | loose, loosen, relax | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, bound, buckram, change, confine, limit, ossify, petrify, restrain, restrict, rigidify, starch, stiffen, throttle, trammel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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