"stiffen" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈstɪfən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stiffen.wav Forms: stiffens [present, singular, third-person], stiffening [participle, present], stiffened [participle, past], stiffened [past]
Rhymes: -ɪfən Etymology: From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stifnen}} Middle English stifnen, {{af|en|stiff|-en|id2=inchoative}} stiff + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} stiffen (third-person singular simple present stiffens, present participle stiffening, simple past and past participle stiffened)
  1. (transitive) To make stiff. Tags: transitive Translations (to make stiff): втвърдявам (vtvǎrdjavam) (Bulgarian), 使僵硬 (Chinese Mandarin), jäykistää (Finnish), jähmettää (Finnish), kangistaa (Finnish), raidir (French), endurcir (French), aussteifen (German), versteifen (German), verstärken (German), ertüchtigen (German), aufdoppeln (German), rigidigar (Ido), stalc (Irish), irrigidire (Italian), whakamakiki (Maori), whakawhena (Maori), stivne (Norwegian), endurecer (Portuguese), întări (Romanian), atiesar (Spanish), entiesar (Spanish), endurecer (Spanish), stifükön (Volapük)
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  2. (intransitive) To become stiff. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become stiff): جَمَدَ (jamada) (Arabic), втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) (Bulgarian), вкочанясвам се (vkočanjasvam se) (Bulgarian), 变硬 (Chinese Mandarin), ztuhnout [perfective] (Czech), ztvrdnout [perfective] (Czech), stivne (Danish), jäykistyä (Finnish), jähmettyä (Finnish), kangistua (Finnish), se raidir (French), s’endurcir (French), versteifen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gastaurknan) (Gothic), merevedik (Hungarian), stífna (Icelandic), kangeta (Ingrian), stalc (Irish), rigēscō (Latin), а̄гмалтаӈкве (āgmaltaňkve) (Northern Mansi), stivne (Norwegian), endurecer (Portuguese), întări (Romanian), stvrdnúť [perfective] (Slovak), stuhnúť [perfective] (Slovak), atiesarse (Spanish), entiesarse (Spanish), endurecerse (Spanish), styvna (Swedish), stelna (Swedish), bli styv (Swedish), bli stel (Swedish), stifikön (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: starken Derived forms: stiffen up Related terms: stiff

Inflected forms

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          "word": "stalc"
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          "sense": "to become stiff",
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to become stiff",
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          "word": "а̄гмалтаӈкве"
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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        "(transitive) To make stiff."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vtvǎrdjavam",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "втвърдявам"
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "使僵硬"
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "jäykistää"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "jähmettää"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "kangistaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "raidir"
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "endurcir"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "aussteifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "versteifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "verstärken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "ertüchtigen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "aufdoppeln"
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "rigidigar"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "stalc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "irrigidire"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "whakamakiki"
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "stivne"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "endurecer"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "întări"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make stiff",
      "word": "atiesar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
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      "word": "endurecer"
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      "sense": "to make stiff",
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      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "جَمَدَ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vtvǎrdjavam se",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "втвърдявам се"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vkočanjasvam se",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "вкочанясвам се"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "变硬"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ztuhnout"
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      "sense": "to become stiff",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stivne"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "jäykistyä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "jähmettyä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "kangistua"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "se raidir"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "s’endurcir"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "versteifen"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gastaurknan",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "merevedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stífna"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "kangeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stalc"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "rigēscō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mns-nor",
      "lang": "Northern Mansi",
      "roman": "āgmaltaňkve",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "а̄гмалтаӈкве"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stivne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "endurecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "întări"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "stvrdnúť"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "stuhnúť"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "atiesarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "entiesarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "endurecerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "styvna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stelna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "bli styv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "bli stel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to become stiff",
      "word": "stifikön"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stiffen"
}

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