| stiffen | (v) become stiff or stiffer, Ant. loosen, Example: He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room |
| stiffen | (v) make stiff or stiffer, Ant. loosen, Example: Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine |
| stiffen | (v) restrict, Syn. tighten, tighten up, constrain, Example: Tighten the rules; stiffen the regulations |
| stiffener | (n) material used for stiffening something |
| stiffening | (n) the act of becoming stiff, Example: stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance |
| stiffening | (n) the process of becoming stiff or rigid, Syn. rigidifying, rigidification |
| Stiffen | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stiffened p. pr. & vb. n. Stiffening. ] [ See Stiff. ] 1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. [ 1913 Webster ] Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To make torpid; to benumb. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Stiffen | v. i. To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. [ 1913 Webster ] Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Some souls we see,
Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Stiffener | n. One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Stiffening | n. 1. Act or process of making stiff. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Something used to make anything stiff. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stiffening order (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| 勃起 | [ぼっき, bokki] (n, vs) erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening #16,094 [Add to Longdo] |
| 構える | [かまえる, kamaeru] (v1, vt) (1) to set up (e.g. a building); (2) to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal); to prepare to use something (e.g. a camera); (3) to plan; to scheme; (4) to fabricate in order to deceive; (5) to stiffen; to become formal; (P) #16,546 [Add to Longdo] |
| しゃちほこ張る;鯱張る | [しゃちほこばる;しゃっちょこばる(鯱張る);しゃちこばる(鯱張る), shachihokobaru ; shacchokobaru ( shachihokobaru ); shachikobaru ( shachihokobaru )] (v5r) (1) to stand on ceremony; (2) to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense [Add to Longdo] |
| 引き締める(P);引締める(P) | [ひきしめる, hikishimeru] (v1, vt) to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 強張る;強ばる | [こわばる, kowabaru] (v5r, vi) (uk) to stiffen; to become stiff [Add to Longdo] |
| 凝り性 | [こりしょう, korishou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (1) fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession; (2) susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 凝る;痼る | [しこる, shikoru] (v5r, vi) to stiffen; to harden [Add to Longdo] |
| 肩肘張る | [かたひじはる, katahijiharu] (v5r) to swagger; to stiffen [Add to Longdo] |
| 硬化剤 | [こうかざい, koukazai] (n) hardener; curative agent; stiffening agent [Add to Longdo] |
| 硬直 | [こうちょく, kouchoku] (n, vs) stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
