stiffen
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become stiff or stiffer
He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- relax antonym
- stiffening derivation
Sense 2 verb
make stiff or stiffer
Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- loosen antonym
- stiffen causes
- rigidifying derivation
- stiffener derivation
Sense 3 verb
restrict
Tighten the rules
Types & categories
- throttle hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | relax |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffening |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rigidify |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | loosen |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | stiffen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigidifying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffener |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | starch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buckram |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ossify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | throttle |