stiff
— Adjective
– English
～ powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"
stiff-branched
— Adjective
– English
～ having stiff branches
stiff
— Adjective
– English
～ marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
stiff-necked
— Adjective
– English
～ haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin"
stiffen
— Verb
– English
～ make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
stiffen
— Verb
– English
～ severely restrict in scope or extent; "tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
stiffen
— Verb
– English
～ become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
stiffener
— Noun
– English
～ material used for stiffening something
stiffening
— Noun
– English
～ the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"
stiffening
— Noun
– English
～ the process of becoming stiff or rigid
stiffly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
stiffly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
stiffness
— Noun
– English
～ firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
stiffness
— Noun
– English
～ the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
stiffness
— Noun
– English
～ excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
stiffness
— Noun
– English
～ the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
stiffness
— Noun
– English
～ the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
stifle
— Noun
– English
～ joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
stifle
— Verb
– English
～ suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; "Stifle your curiosity"
stifle
— Verb
– English
～ impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"