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What is "stiffen" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does stiffen mean in English? Meaning of stiffen definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "stiffen" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "stiffen": become stiff or stiffer

Verb

  • Meaning: become stiff or stiffer
  • Example: He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
  • Synonyms: stiffen
  • Hyponyms: rigidify
  • Hypernyms: change
  • Antonyms: loose loosen relax

    • Meaning of "stiffen": make stiff or stiffer

    Verb

  • Meaning: make stiff or stiffer
  • Example: Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
  • Synonyms: stiffen
  • Hyponyms: buckram ossify petrify rigidify starch
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Antonyms: loose loosen

    • Meaning of "stiffen": restrict

    Verb

  • Meaning: restrict
  • Example: Tighten the rules stiffen the regulations
  • Synonyms: constrain stiffen tighten tighten up
  • Hypernyms: bound confine limit restrain restrict throttle trammel

    • Synonyms:

    strengthen, reinforce, solidify, stabilize, thicken, set, freeze, clot, prop, petrify, jell, inspissate, fix, condense, ossify, tauten, congeal, precipitate, inflate, anneal, brace, firm, cement, tense, coagulate, chill, benumb, curdle, steady, jelly, candy, harden, cake, gel, starch, crystallize,

    Antonyms:

    weaken, dilute, liquefy, thin, soften, heat, loosen, melt, unfix, dissolve, separate,

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    stiffen in English: stiffen
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