Verb:

कठोर बनना, कड़ा बनाना, कठोर करना, ठोस करना, ठोस बनाना,

stiffen's Usage Examples:

levator muscles first, the eyelids open and the muscles stiffen.

Adding a little groundbait or some crushed hemp or pellet to stiffen the mix as I did is the easiest solution.

Diabetes will also affect the joints of the feet causing difficulty in walking as the feet stiffen.

stiffen the rear suspension for precise sport riding.

stiffen the sinews of the 1701 and 1702 parliaments.

Both these pieces read like a call to arms, an attempt to stiffen the sinews of the 1701 and 1702 parliaments.

The barbs possess further branches called the barbules, and adjacent barbules are attached to one another by hooks which stiffen the vane.

When these two powers quarrelled after the peace of Nicias it remained loyal to the Spartans; but the latter thought it prudent to stiffen the oligarchic government against a nascent democratic movement.

The roots of this plant were collected in Elizabethan times for their high starch content, which was used to stiffen fashionable linen ruffs.

There is also in large bridges wind-bracing to stiffen the structure against horizontal forces.

Synonyms:

change, rigidify,

Antonyms:

derestrict, stay, loosen,