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 Definitions of stiffen  [ˈstɪf ən]  

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Definition of 'stiffen' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) stiffen
to make stiff.

2. (v.i.) stiffen
to become stiff.

Etymology:  (1490–1500)

Definition of 'stiffen' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) stiffen
become stiff or stiffer
"He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"

2. (verb) stiffen
make stiff or stiffer
"Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

3. (verb) stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
restrict
"Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"


Definition of 'stiffen' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) stiffen
to make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch

2. (verb) stiffen
to inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste

3. (verb) stiffen
to make torpid; to benumb

4. (verb) stiffen
to become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective


Translation of 'stiffen' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make or become stiff(er)
You can stiffen cotton with starch; He stiffened when he heard the unexpected sound.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: styf word Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَصَلَّب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: втвърдявам се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: retesar(-se) Czech flag Czech: vyztužit; ztuhnout German flag German: (sich ver)steifen
Danish flag Danish: stive; stivne Greek flag Greek: σκληραίνω, κοκαλώνω, γίνο Spanish flag Spanish: fortalecer, endurecer, po
Estonian flag Estonian: kõvendama, kangestuma Farsi flag Farsi: خشك كردن Finnish flag Finnish: jäykistää
French flag French: (se) raidir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִקפוֹא עַל מְקוֹמוֹ Hindi flag Hindi: कड़ा बनाना, कठोर बनाना, द
Croatian flag Croatian: ukrutiti, ukočiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: (meg)merevít Indonesian flag Indonesian: membuat kaku
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera (e-ð) stíft; stífna Italian flag Italian: irrigidire, irrigidirsi Japanese flag Japanese: こわばらせる
Korean flag Korean: 뻣뻣하게 만들다, 굳어지다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (su)kietinti, standinti, Latvian flag Latvian: iecietināt; sastingt
Malay flag Malay: menjadi keras Dutch flag Dutch: verstijven Norwegian flag Norwegian: stivne, gjøre stiv, avsti
Polish flag Polish: sztywnieć, usztywniać Portuguese flag Portuguese: entesar(-se) Romanian flag Romanian: a (se)încorda
Russian flag Russian: придавать жёсткость;напря Slovak flag Slovak: vystužiť; stuhnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: otrditi
Serbian flag Serbian: ukrutiti Swedish flag Swedish: [få att] stelna, stelna t Thai flag Thai: ทำให้แข็งทื่อ
Turkish flag Turkish: sertleş(tir)mek, kasılmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 變硬,使呆板 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ставати чи робити негнучк
Urdu flag Urdu: سخت اور مضبوط بنانا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm cứng, củng cố Chinese flag Chinese: 变硬,使呆板

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