1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to make yourself or part of your body firm, straight and still, especially because you are angry or frightened:
[V] She stiffened with fear. * [VN] I stiffened my back and faced him.
2 ~ (up)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is stiffen a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, stiffen is tagged as verb.
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