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stiffen


verb
1. become stiff or stiffer (Freq. 11)
- He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
Ant:
loosen
Derivationally related forms:
stiffening
Hypernyms:
change
Hyponyms:
rigidify
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. make stiff or stiffer (Freq. 2)
- Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
Ant:
loosen
Derivationally related forms:
stiffener, stiffening
Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
Hyponyms:
starch, buckram, rigidify, ossify, petrify
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. restrict
- Tighten the rules
- stiffen the regulations
Syn:
tighten, tighten up, constrain
Hypernyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound,
confine, throttle
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

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