| stiffen | | |
| v. (change) | 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" |
| v. (change) | 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" |
| ~ stiffen | become stiff or stiffer.; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room" |
| v. (change) | 3. constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up | restrict.; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
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