stiffening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of becoming stiff
stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance
Types & categories
- process hypernym
Related & opposite
- stiffen derivation
Sense 2 noun
the process of becoming stiff or rigid
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- rigor mortis hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffen |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | process |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stiffen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rigidify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rigor mortis |