Stiffen(v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
Stiffen(v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
Stiffen(v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
Stiffen(v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
Stiffened(imp. & p. p.) of Stiffen
Stiffener(n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
Stiffening(n.) Act or process of making stiff.
Stiffening(n.) Something used to make anything stiff.
Stiffening(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffen
Words within stiffening