Stiffening

Definition

stiffen /'stÇfn/ v ~ ( sth ) ( up ) ( with sth ) ေတာင့္သည္။ မာသည္။ ခက္တေရာ္ရိွသည္။ မာေစသည္။ ေတာင့္ေစသည္။ My back has stiffened (up) overnight. ❍ He stiffened with fear. ❍ stiffen the collar of a shirt with starch ❍ ( fig ) The promise of a reward might stiffen their resolve (ie make them braver). ❏ stiffener /'stÇfnǝ(r)/ n မာေစေတာင့္ေစရန္ အခုအခံ။ a collar/ shoe stiffener. ❏ stiffening /'stÇfnÇŋ/ n [U] ေတာင့္ေစမာေစေသာ အရာ။

Examples

1. She stiffened as the footsteps came closer and closer.
2. [stiffen with/in] : He stiffened with rage.
3. Her old fingers were stiffening up now.
4. He sat up straight
5. stiffening his back.
6. [stiffen someone’s resistance] : The army stiffened their resistance.
7. [stiffen someone’s resolve] : The air attack only served to stiffen the enemy’s resolve.