stiffen#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make stiff or stiffer
examples Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Cause stiffen
Hypernym change, alter, modify
Derivationally related form stiffen → stiffener; stiffen → stiffening
Antonym stiffen → loosen
Hyponym starch; buckram; rigidify, ossify, petrify
Incoming links
Derivationally related form stiffening → stiffen; stiffener → stiffen
Hyponym change, alter, modify
Hypernym starch; buckram; rigidify, ossify, petrify
Antonym loosen → stiffen

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