STIFFENING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of becoming stiff
   Usage Example(s)
   • stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance
   Hypernyms(s) stiffening is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • procedure (what does procedure mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stiffen (what does stiffen mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the process of becoming stiff or rigid
   Synonym(s)
   • rigidification (what does rigidification mean?)
   • rigidifying (what does rigidifying mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stiffening is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rigor mortis (what does rigor mortis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rigidify (what does rigidify mean?)
   • rigidify (what does rigidify mean?)
   • stiffen (what does stiffen mean?)