[영어 단어] stiffen

 

stiffen

[s띠픈]
(특히 화, 공포로 몸, 신체 부위가) 뻣뻣해지다
뻣뻣해지다, 경직되다; 뻣뻣하게 만들다, 경직시키다
(태도, 생각을) 강화시키다

If you stiffen, you stop moving and stand or sit with muscles that are suddenly tense, for example, because you feel afraid or angry.
If your muscles or joints stiffen, or if something stiffens them, they become difficult to bend or move.
If something such as cloth is stiffened, it is made firm so that it does not bend easily.

 

 

 

stiffen up

뻣뻣해지다, 굳다

Everybody was stiffening up when the CEO showed up.
I used starch to stiffen up the collar.