STIFFENING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of becoming stiff

Example:

stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stiffening" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

Derivation:

stiffen (become stiff or stiffer)

Meaning:

The process of becoming stiff or rigid

Synonyms:

rigidification; rigidifying; stiffening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("stiffening" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stiffening"):

rigor mortis (muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days)

Derivation:

stiffen (make stiff or stiffer)

-ing form of the verb stiffen