Meaning

15 senses
  1. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

  2. (figuratively)Inflexible; rigid.

    steif, starr

    жёсткийžóstkij, непоколеби́мыйnepokolebímyj, непрекло́нныйnepreklónnyj

  3. Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

    steif

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, чо́порныйčópornyj

    rigidly formal

  4. (colloquial)Harsh, severe.

    He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

    стро́гийstrógij, суро́выйsuróvyj

  5. Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.

    My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

  6. Potent.

    a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze

    кре́пкийkrépkij, сильноде́йствующийsilʹnodéjstvujuščij

  7. (informal)Expensive, pricey.

  8. (informal)Dead, deceased.

    steif

    окостене́вшийokostenévšij, одеревене́лыйoderevenélyj

  9. (slang)Erect.

  10. Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.

    Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.

  11. Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.

    beat the egg whites until they are stiff

  12. Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.

Examples

117 sentences
  1. Shoes are stiff when they are new.

    Взуття жорстке, коли нове. — aandrusiak

    ruНовая обувь обычно жёсткая. — stariy

  2. Their muscles are stiff.

    У них крепатура. — deniko

    deIhre Muskeln sind steif. — Dejo

  3. I'm bored stiff.

    Мені надзвичайно нудно. — deniko

    deIch sterbe vor Langerweile. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I was scared stiff.

    Я був переляканий всмерть. — oromashka

    ruЯ был до смерти напуган. — marafon

    deIch hatte eine Heidenangst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Did you say you got stiffed?

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 6
figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement:
of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible:
of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed:
colloquial: harsh, severe:
potent:
of muscles, or parts of the body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible:

Origin

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steypós.

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