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| VERB | 1 | stiffen | Become stiff or stiffer |
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| 2 | stiffen | Make stiff or stiffer | |
| 3 | stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain | Restrict |
| Sounds | stih'fahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Become stiff or stiffer. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" |
| Contrary | loosen, relax, loose |
| Caused by | stiffen |
| Broader | change |
| Narrower | rigidify |
| Nouns | stiffening |
| Meaning | Make stiff or stiffer. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" |
| Contrary | loosen, loose |
| Cause to | stiffen |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Narrower | starch; buckram; rigidify, ossify, petrify |
| Nouns | stiffener; stiffening |
| Meaning | Restrict. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "stiffen the regulations" |
| Synonyms | tighten, tighten up, constrain |
| Broader | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle |
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