Word

stiffen, v.
(stiffened, stiffening, stiffens)
freq. cnt. 13

become stiff or stiffer
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

stiffen

sample sentences

"He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

make stiff or stiffer
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

stiffen

sample sentences

"Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stiffening stiffener

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

cause

hyponym

starch buckram rigidify, ossify, petrify

severely restrict in scope or extent
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

constrain stiffen tighten tighten up

sample sentences

"tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

limit, confine, restrict, bound, throttle, trammel