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By meaning 6
of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible:
figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement:
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:

Examples

85 sentences
  1. Their muscles are stiff.

    У них крепатура. — deniko

    deIhre Muskeln sind steif. — Dejo

  2. I woke up with a stiff neck.

    ruЯ проснулся с затекшей шеей. — yatomoya

  3. My shoulders feel stiff.

Meaning

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

    steif, starr

    жёсткийžóstkij, неги́бкийnegíbkij, твёрдыйtvjórdyj

  2. (colloquial)Harsh, severe.

    He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

    стро́гийstrógij, суро́выйsuróvyj

  3. Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

    steif

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, чо́порныйčópornyj

More meanings 12
  1. (informal)Dead, deceased.

    steif

    окостене́вшийokostenévšij, одеревене́лыйoderevenélyj

  2. (figuratively)Inflexible; rigid.

    жёсткийžóstkij, непоколеби́мыйnepokolebímyj, непрекло́нныйnepreklónnyj

  3. Potent.

    a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze

    кре́пкийkrépkij, сильноде́йствующийsilʹnodéjstvujuščij

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

    My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

  5. 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.

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

    beat the egg whites until they are stiff

  7. (informal)Expensive, pricey.

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

  9. Keeping upright.

More definitions
  • not moving or operating freely
  • strong, vigorous
  • rigidly formal
  • having a strong physiological or chemical effect

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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