Stiff

  • 21stiff — /stɪf / (say stif) adjective 1. rigid or firm in substance; not flexible, pliant, or easily bent: a stiff collar. 2. not moving or working easily: a stiff hinge. 3. (of the body or part of the body) unable to move without difficulty or causing… …

  • 22stiff — adj. 1 difficult to bend/move VERBS ▪ be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand ▪ She lay stiff and still beside him. ▪ become …

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  • 23stiff*/ — [stɪf] adj I 1) firm and difficult to bend a stiff piece of card[/ex] a small stiff brush[/ex] 2) more severe or difficult than usual Jarvis is up against some stiff competition in this race.[/ex] Those caught breaking the new law face stiff… …

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  • 24stiff — 01. After sitting on the crowded bus for a few hours the passengers legs were [stiff] and sore. 02. The child s mittens were frozen [stiff] by the time the snowball fight ended. 03. You ll need to use a [stiff] brush to scrub the dirt off the… …

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  • 25stiff — [[t]stɪf[/t]] adj. stiff•er, stiff•est, n. adv. v. 1) rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar[/ex] 2) not moving or working easily 3) (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age,… …

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  • 26stiff — adj. & n. adj. 1 rigid; not flexible. 2 hard to bend or move or turn etc.; not working freely. 3 hard to cope with; needing strength or effort (a stiff test; a stiff climb). 4 severe or strong (a stiff breeze; a stiff penalty). 5 (of a person or… …

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  • 27stiff — 1. AND stiffed mod. alcohol intoxicated; dead drunk. □ Kelly was too stiff to find his keys. □ She knows how to stop drinking before she gets stiff. 2. n. a drunkard. □ Some stiff staggered by belching clouds of some beery smell …

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  • 28stiff — {{11}}stiff (adj.) O.E. stif rigid, inflexible, from P.Gmc. *stifaz inflexible (Cf. Du. stijf, O.H.G. stif, Ger. steif stiff; O.N. stifla choke ), from PIE *stipos , from root *steip press together, pack, cram (Cf. Skt. styayate …

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  • 29stiff — adjective 1) stiff cardboard Syn: rigid, hard, firm, inelastic, inflexible Ant: flexible, plastic, limp 2) a stiff paste Syn: semisolid …

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  • 30stiff — adjective 1) stiff cardboard Syn: rigid, hard, firm 2) a stiff paste Syn: thick, firm, viscous, semi solid 3) I m stiff all over Syn …

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