Stiffen Definition

Stiffen Sentence Examples

• 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.

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

• As a child grows the eustachian tubes widen and stiffen, allowing air to enter and fluid to drain from the middle ear more efficiently.

• In the case of the plate web there must be a considerable excess of material, partly to stiffen it against buckling and partly because an excess of thickness must be provided to reduce the effect of corrosion.