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stiffen
stiff·en S0756400 (stĭf′ən)tr. & intr.v. stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens To make or become stiff or stiffer.
stiff′en·er n.stiffen (ˈstɪfən) vb1. to make or become stiff or stiffer2. (intr) to become suddenly tense or unyielding ˈstiffener nstiff•en (ˈstɪf ən)
v.t. 1. to make stiff. v.i. 2. to become stiff. [1490–1500] stiff′en•er, n. stiffen
Past participle: stiffened
Gerund: stiffening
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| I stiffen | | you stiffen | | he/she/it stiffens | | we stiffen | | you stiffen | | they stiffen |
| Preterite |
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| I stiffened | | you stiffened | | he/she/it stiffened | | we stiffened | | you stiffened | | they stiffened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am stiffening | | you are stiffening | | he/she/it is stiffening | | we are stiffening | | you are stiffening | | they are stiffening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have stiffened | | you have stiffened | | he/she/it has stiffened | | we have stiffened | | you have stiffened | | they have stiffened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was stiffening | | you were stiffening | | he/she/it was stiffening | | we were stiffening | | you were stiffening | | they were stiffening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had stiffened | | you had stiffened | | he/she/it had stiffened | | we had stiffened | | you had stiffened | | they had stiffened |
| Future |
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| I will stiffen | | you will stiffen | | he/she/it will stiffen | | we will stiffen | | you will stiffen | | they will stiffen |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have stiffened | | you will have stiffened | | he/she/it will have stiffened | | we will have stiffened | | you will have stiffened | | they will have stiffened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be stiffening | | you will be stiffening | | he/she/it will be stiffening | | we will be stiffening | | you will be stiffening | | they will be stiffening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been stiffening | | you have been stiffening | | he/she/it has been stiffening | | we have been stiffening | | you have been stiffening | | they have been stiffening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been stiffening | | you will have been stiffening | | he/she/it will have been stiffening | | we will have been stiffening | | you will have been stiffening | | they will have been stiffening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been stiffening | | you had been stiffening | | he/she/it had been stiffening | | we had been stiffening | | you had been stiffening | | they had been stiffening |
| Conditional |
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| I would stiffen | | you would stiffen | | he/she/it would stiffen | | we would stiffen | | you would stiffen | | they would stiffen |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have stiffened | | you would have stiffened | | he/she/it would have stiffened | | we would have stiffened | | you would have stiffened | | they would have stiffened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | stiffen - become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"rigidify - become rigid; "The body rigidified"relax, loose, loosen - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" | | 2. | stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"ossify, rigidify, petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"loosen, loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" | | 3. | stiffen - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"tighten up, constrain, tightenconfine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
stiffenverb1. become stiff, set, harden, gel, thicken, solidify, crystallize, congeal, coagulate, become solid The fine-tuning lens in the eye stiffens with age.2. tighten, tense (up), tauten, become stiff The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.3. strengthen, reinforce, harden, toughen Canada has recently stiffened its immigration rules.stiffenverb1. To make stiff or stiffer:starch.2. To make or become tense:tauten, tense, tighten.Translationsstiff (stif) adjective1. rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc. He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard. 堅硬的，不易彎曲的 坚硬的，不易弯曲的 2. moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc. I can't turn the key – the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb. 難動的 难动的3. (of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing. a stiff dough. 稠的 稠的4. difficult to do. a stiff examination. 艱難的 艰难的5. strong. a stiff breeze. 強烈的 强烈的6. (of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly. I received a stiff note from the bank manager. 嚴厲的，不友善的 严厉的，不友好的 ˈstiffly adverb 強烈地 强烈地ˈstiffness noun 僵硬 僵硬ˈstiffen verb to make or become stiff(er). You can stiffen cotton with starch; He stiffened when he heard the unexpected sound. 變硬，使呆板 变硬，使呆板 ˈstiffening noun material used to stiffen something. The collar has some stiffening in it. 使...變硬挺的材料 加固物，（使衣服等）变硬的材料 bore/scare stiff to bore or frighten very much. 嚇呆 吓呆IdiomsSeestiffen upEncyclopediaSeestiffenerMedicalSeestiffstiffen
Related to stiffen: stiffen upSynonyms for stiffenverb become stiffSynonyms- become stiff
- set
- harden
- gel
- thicken
- solidify
- crystallize
- congeal
- coagulate
- become solid
verb tightenSynonyms- tighten
- tense (up)
- tauten
- become stiff
verb strengthenSynonyms- strengthen
- reinforce
- harden
- toughen
Synonyms for stiffenverb to make stiff or stifferSynonymsverb to make or become tenseSynonymsSynonyms for stiffenverb become stiff or stifferRelated WordsAntonymsverb make stiff or stifferRelated Words- alter
- change
- modify
- starch
- buckram
- ossify
- rigidify
- petrify
Antonymsverb restrictSynonyms- tighten up
- constrain
- tighten
Related Words- confine
- limit
- throttle
- trammel
- restrain
- restrict
- bound
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