Stiffen

What do we mean by stiffen?

To make or become stiff or stiffer. transitive & intransitive verb

To become stiff.

To become less soft or fluid; grow thicker or harder; become inspissated: as, jellies stiffen as they cool.

To become steady and strong: as. a stiffening breeze.

To become unyielding; grow rigid, obstinate, or formal.

To become higher in price; become firmer or more unyielding: as, the market stiffens.

To make stiff.

To make rigid, constrained, formal, or habitual.

To make more thick or viscous; inspissate: as, to stiffen paste.

To make stubborn or obstinate.

To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. intransitive verb

To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible. transitive verb

To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous. transitive verb

To make torpid; to benumb. transitive verb

To make stiff. verb

To become stiff. verb

Become stiff or stiffer verb

Make stiff or stiffer verb

Restrict verb

To make stiff.

To become stiff.

To stiffen someone means to give someone a right good beating so they are stiff in the morning. If you stiffen someone they won't know what's hit them. Said to have originated in Glasgow, Scotland. Urban Dictionary

(noun) Someone or something which attracts attention, particularly in relation to male sexual arousal. Urban Dictionary

To have sex, on a boat, in the middle of a lake or out at sea Urban Dictionary

It's when your dick stiffens so that you can do something useful with it... Urban Dictionary

A phrase used by some fat fuck with a cast on his hand Urban Dictionary

Boner; erection you get after watching porn for 9 hours Urban Dictionary

Become stubborn Urban Dictionary

The #1 mesh for all your sifting needs, you will get tons of diamond and iron and gold etc. Urban Dictionary

A strong cocktail, such as a glass of whiskey. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to stiffen:
stiffen, stiffer, stiffed, steffen.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stiffen:
starch, resolve, tissues, cigarette, chassis, ears, strengthen, suspension, handling, soft, resistance, legs, tissue, tail, hair, reduce, ride, frame, wings, pressure, shape, blood, turned, heart, structure, bridge, engine, cars, provide.

Words that rhyme with stiffen:
griffin, griffon, tiffin, giffen, griffen, brussels griffon, kniffen, belgian griffon, giffin, biff in, cliff in, cliffe in, dif in, diff in, diffin, griff in, hieroglyph in, hypha in, if in, kniffin, petroglyph in, riff in, schiff in, skiff in, sniff in, sniffen, stiff in, tiff in, whiff in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe stiffen:
young, particular, other, joint, frozen, concrete.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective stiffen:
fish.

Consonant match to stiffen:
stefan, stephan, stephane, steffen, steffan, staff in, stiff in, stoff in, stuff in, stuff on.

Words that sound like stiffen:
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