STIFFEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • make stiff or stiffer
   Usage Example(s)
   • Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
   Hypernyms(s) stiffen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • loosen (what does loosen mean?)
   • loose (what does loose mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • starch (what does starch mean?)
   • buckram (what does buckram mean?)
   • rigidify (what does rigidify mean?)
   • ossify (what does ossify mean?)
   • petrify (what does petrify mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • stiffen (what does stiffen mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stiffener (what does stiffener mean?)
   • stiffening (what does stiffening mean?)
   • rigidifying (what does rigidifying mean?)
   • rigidification (what does rigidification mean?)
2. Meaning
   • become stiff or stiffer
   Usage Example(s)
   • He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
   Hypernyms(s) stiffen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • loosen (what does loosen mean?)
   • relax (what does relax mean?)
   • loose (what does loose mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rigidify (what does rigidify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stiffening (what does stiffening mean?)
3. Meaning
   • restrict
   Synonym(s)
   • constrain (what does constrain mean?)
   • tighten (what does tighten mean?)
   • tighten up (what does tighten up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Tighten the rules
   • stiffen the regulations
   Hypernyms(s) stiffen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restrict (what does restrict mean?)
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • trammel (what does trammel mean?)
   • limit (what does limit mean?)
   • bound (what does bound mean?)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   • throttle (what does throttle mean?)