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stiffening

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stiff·en  (stfn)
tr. & intr.v. stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens
To make or become stiff or stiffer.
stiffen·er n.
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Noun1.stiffening - the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"
procedure, process - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
2.stiffening - the process of becoming stiff or rigid
rigidification, rigidifying
natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
rigor mortis - muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days
Translations
stiffening
n → Einlage f


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Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Soundless, as it had fought, it died, and though weak from pain and loss of blood, it was with an emotion of triumphant pride that I stepped across its convulsively stiffening corpse to snatch up the most potent secret of a world.
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There was no sound, barely a struggle of the convulsively stiffening old muscles, and then, with a push from De Vac, the body lunged forward into the Thames, where a dull splash marked the end of the last hope that Prince Richard might be rescued from the clutches of his Nemesis.
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