stiffen 音标拼音: [st'ɪfən]
vt . 使坚硬,使僵硬,使生硬,使粘稠
vi . 变粘,变硬,变猛烈
使坚硬,使僵硬,使生硬,使粘稠变粘,变硬,变猛烈
stiffen v 1 :
become stiff or stiffer ; "
He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room " [
ant : {
loose }, {
loosen }, {
relax }]
2 :
make stiff or stiffer ; "
Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine "
[
ant : {
loose }, {
loosen }]
3 :
restrict ; "
Tighten the rules "; "
stiffen the regulations "
[
synonym : {
stiffen }, {
tighten }, {
tighten up }, {
constrain }]
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 .
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Stiffen the sinews ,
summon up the blood . --
Shak .
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2 .
To inspissate ;
to make more thick or viscous ;
as ,
to stiffen paste .
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3 .
To make torpid ;
to benumb .
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Stiffen \
Stiff "
en \,
v .
i .
To become stiff or stiffer ,
in any sense of the adjective .
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Like bristles rose my stiffening hair . --
Dryden .
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The tender soil then stiffening by degrees . --
Dryden .
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Some souls we see ,
Grow hard and stiffen with adversity . --
Dryden .
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59 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stiffen ":
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
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