To stiffen is to become stiff or unbending. If your legs stiffen during a long plane flight, you'll want to stretch them out once you land.
tiono make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible;
Verb
make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
Verb
become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
Verb
restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
v. t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
stiffen cloth with starch.
v. t.
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste.
v. t.
To make torpid; to benumb.
v. i.
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the
adjective.
Stiffen
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.2.
Stiffen
Like bristles rose my stiffening hair.
The tender soil then stiffening by degrees.
Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity.
tiono make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible;
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
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