Dictionary Entry
stiffen
stiffen is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
- 2transitive verb
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
- 3transitive verb
To make torpid; to benumb.
- 4intransitive verb
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
- 5verb
make stiff or stiffer
"Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
- 6verb
become stiff or stiffer
"He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
- 7verb
restrict
"Tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"
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