stiffen up

stiffen something up

to make something rigid or tense. He added a little starch to the rinse water to stiffen his collars up a bit. The cold draft has stiffened up my neck.

stiffen up

to become stiff. The bread dough stiffened up as it got cold. My knees began to stiffen up after I sat still for an hour.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tayeb	-	Arabic
Lugaid	-	Irish Mythology
Tatiana	tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Kyler	KIE-lər	English (Modern)
AloÍSio	-	Portuguese
Elton	['eltən]