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What (who) is stiffen - definition
stiffen
¦ verb
1. make or become stiff.
2. make or become stronger or more steadfast.
Derivatives
stiffener noun
stiffening noun
stiffen
(stiffens, stiffening, stiffened)
1.
If you stiffen, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example because you feel afraid or angry.
Ada stiffened at the sound of his voice...
VERB: V
2.
If your muscles or joints stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become difficult to bend or move.
The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
VERB: V, also V n
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These clothes restrict your freedom of movement and stiffen up the whole body...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
3.
If something such as cloth is stiffened, it is made firm so that it does not bend easily.
This special paper was actually thin, soft Sugiwara paper that had been stiffened with a kind of paste...
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
Stiffen
·vt To make torpid; to Benumb.
II. Stiffen ·vi To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
III. Stiffen ·vt To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
Examples of use of stiffen
1. The media resolve to stiffen its spine would come later.
2. If she made a mistake, Sara would visibly stiffen.
3. Others ‘feel‘ strong winds and stiffen themselves against buffeting.
4. The senator said he is willing to stiffen those requirements.
5. The condition causes the heart muscle to stiffen so that it cannot relax properly between beats.