Meaning

1 senses

  1. To become rigid, tense or stiff.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. She stiffened up.

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Forms

stiffens up, stiffening up, stiffened up, stiffened up
Base formstiffen up · to stiffen up
3rd person singularstiffens up
Present participlestiffening up
Past simplestiffened up
Past participlestiffened up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystiffen up
he, she, itstiffens up

Past simpleLesson

all personsstiffened up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stiffened up
he, she, ithas stiffened up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stiffen up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stiffB2stiffenC1stifflystiffnessstifle
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