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stiffen

DEFINITIONS OF: stiffen

1

v make stiff or stiffer

“Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine”
Antonyms:
loose, loosen
make loose or looser
Types:
starch
stiffen with starch
buckram
stiffen with or as with buckram
ossify, petrify, rigidify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v become stiff or stiffer

“He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room”
Antonyms:
loose, loosen, relax
become loose or looser or less tight
Types:
rigidify
become rigid
Type of:
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

v restrict

“stiffen the regulations”
Synonyms:
constrain, tighten, tighten up
Type of:
bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
place limits on (extent or access)
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