stiffen

stiff·en  (stfn)

tr. & intr.v. stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens

To make or become stiff or stiffer.

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stiffen·er n.

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stiffen

Verb

to make or become stiff or stiffer

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stiffen - become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" rigidify - become rigid; "The body rigidified" relax, loose, loosen - become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
	2.	stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt" ossify, rigidify, petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" loosen, loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
	3.	stiffen - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" tighten up, constrain, tighten confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

Translations

stiffen [ˈstɪfn] vt → hacer más rígido [+ limb]; entumecer

vi → endurecerse (= grow stronger); fortalecerse

stiffen [ˈstɪfn] vt → raidir, renforcer

vi → se raidir; se durcir

stiffen [ˈstɪfn] stiff vi → steif werden;

(body) → erstarren

stiffen [ˈstɪfn] vt → irrigidire; rinforzare

vi → irrigidirsi; indurirsi