Stiffened

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
     1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
        stiffen cloth with starch.
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              Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
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     2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
        stiffen paste.
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     3. To make torpid; to benumb.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stiffened
       adj 1: made or become difficult to move or bend; "felt the pain of
              stiffened joints"
       2: stiffened or reinforced with wire; "stiffened brassieres"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "stiffened":
     accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, backed, beefed-up,
     bloated, boosted, broadened, calcified, callous, calloused,
     case-hardened, crusted, crusty, crystallized, deepened, elevated,
     enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, fossilized, granulated,
     hardened, heightened, hiked, hornified, increased, incrusted,
     indurate, indurated, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, lapidified,
     magnified, multiplied, ossified, petrified, proliferated, raised,
     reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, spread,
     steeled, strengthened, swollen, tightened, toughened, vitrified,
     widened