stiffen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stiffen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stiffen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiffen v become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" Antonym(s): loose, loosen, relax make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" Antonym(s): loose, loosen restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" Synonym(s): stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. 3. To make torpid; to benumb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. i. To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. --Dryden. The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. --Dryden. Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. --Dryden.