'Stiffen' definitions:
Definition of 'stiffen'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Stiffen'
From: GCIDE
- Stiffen \Stiff"en\, 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]
Definition of 'Stiffen'
From: GCIDE
- Stiffen \Stiff"en\, 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]
Synonyms of 'stiffen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amplify,
- back,
- be tough,
- beef up,
- brace,
- brace up,
- buttress,
- case harden,
- charge,
- clot,
- coagulate,
- confirm,
- congeal,
- crystallize,
- electrify,
- endure,
- energize,
- fortify,
- galvanize,
- generate,
- gird,
- hang tough,
- harden,
- invigorate,
- jell,
- loop in,
- nerve,
- plug in,
- prop,
- refresh,
- reinforce,
- reinvigorate,
- restrengthen,
- rigidify,
- screw up,
- set,
- shock,
- shore up,
- short,
- short-circuit,
- solidify,
- steel,
- step down,
- step up,
- strengthen,
- support,
- sustain,
- switch off,
- switch on,
- tauten,
- temper,
- tense,
- thicken,
- tighten,
- toughen,
- trice up,
- turn off,
- turn on,
- undergird