{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-3":[{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"How to Write a Scary Story: Tips to Haunt Your Readers","content":{"topicLabel":"Writing tips"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/how-to-write-a-scary-story-tips-to-haunt-your-reader-20251006.png","description":"Interested in crafting the next big thriller or a spooky short story? Here are some tips to get started.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"keep-it-short-an-abbreviations-quiz","questionNumber":"1"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/words-for-book-lovers/","text":"Words All Book Lovers Should Add to Their Lingo Library"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/passenger-princess/","text":"Do You Have a \"Passenger Princess\" In Your Car?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/macro-vs-micro-economics/","text":"Macro vs. Micro: the Big (and Small) Difference"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/cool-words","text":"15 Cool Words to Add to Your Vocabulary"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/french-fries-words-around-the-world/","text":"Frites, Chips, and More: French Fries Around the World"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/news-from-october-4-october-10-2025/","text":"This Week in Words: News from October 4–October 10, 2025"}],"topicLabel":"This Week in Words 🌎"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/emoji/face-in-clouds-emoji/","text":"How Are You Using the Face in Clouds Emoji 😶‍🌫️?"}],"topicLabel":"Emoji IRL"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/whycapitali/","text":"Why Do We Capitalize the Pronoun \"I\"?"}],"topicLabel":"Writing"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"waAyusSgy8XwbHrTUJGYd","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6734038-37","sentence":"Mahan broke with many Democrats by vigorously supporting Proposition 36, the 2024 anti-crime measure that stiffened penalties for repeated theft and crimes involving fentanyl.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-10-01T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-10-01T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-01/matt-mahan-san-jose-mayor-gavin-newsom-california-different-kind-of-democrat","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Mark Z. Barabak","title":"Commentary: He's a real pain for Gavin Newsom. And a rising Democratic star"},"offsets":[106,115]},{"id":"6727508-24","sentence":"This leads them to weaken and stiffen over time and usually affects how you walk, talk, eat and breathe.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-08-19T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-08-19T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy85pd45v9yo","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"Boy, 14, with MND unable to leave hospital as home not adaptable"},"offsets":[30,37]},{"id":"6723126-48","sentence":"It's not just in majors that Scheffler's resolve stiffens on a Sunday.","source":{"sourceName":"BBC","publicationDate":"2025-07-19T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-07-19T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/ckg67ner051o","abbreviation":"nlp","title":"The Open 2025: Is it all over or can Scottie Scheffler be caught by chasing pack?"},"offsets":[49,57]},{"id":"6721410-47","sentence":"Here, there’s actually a very good doom metal electronic score by John Murphy and David Fleming, but the movie stiffens up whenever it needs to get real.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-07-08T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-07-08T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2025-07-08/superman-review-james-gunn-david-corenswet-rachel-brosnahan-nicholas-hoult","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Amy Nicholson","title":"Review: Up, up and … eh? A rebooted ‘Superman’ gives the Man of Steel a mind of marshmallow"},"offsets":[111,119]},{"id":"6711773-17","sentence":"When her focused gaze meets yours, a coiled look of resignation stiffens her soft face, and it is painful to see.","source":{"sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2025-05-05T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2025-05-05T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-05-05/lewis-hine-child-labor-photographs-getty-museum","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Christopher Knight","title":"Column: Lewis W. Hine's photos helped child labor laws pass a century ago. We need him again"},"offsets":[64,72]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"stiffen"},"requestId":"TiRp60ohX4D08zK2bLrGu","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusRelatedEntries/fulfilled","payload":{"relatedEntries":[{"headword":"congeal","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"coagulate","slug":"congeal","synonyms":[{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"clabber","slug":"clabber"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"concrete","slug":"concrete"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"curdle","slug":"curdle"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gel","slug":"gel"},{"headword":"gelate","slug":"gelate"},{"headword":"gelatinate","slug":"gelatinate"},{"headword":"gelatinize","slug":"gelatinize"},{"headword":"glob up","slug":"glob-up"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"indurate","slug":"indurate"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"jellify","slug":"jellify"},{"headword":"jelly","slug":"jelly"},{"headword":"refrigerate","slug":"refrigerate"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"}]},{"headword":"fix","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"establish, make firm","slug":"fix","synonyms":[{"headword":"affix","slug":"affix"},{"headword":"anchor","slug":"anchor"},{"headword":"attach","slug":"attach"},{"headword":"bind","slug":"bind"},{"headword":"catch","slug":"catch"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"connect","slug":"connect"},{"headword":"consolidate","slug":"consolidate"},{"headword":"couple","slug":"couple"},{"headword":"embed","slug":"embed"},{"headword":"entrench","slug":"entrench"},{"headword":"fasten","slug":"fasten"},{"headword":"freeze to","slug":"freeze-to"},{"headword":"glue","slug":"glue"},{"headword":"graft","slug":"graft"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"implant","slug":"implant"},{"headword":"inculcate","slug":"inculcate"},{"headword":"infix","slug":"infix"},{"headword":"ingrain","slug":"ingrain"},{"headword":"install","slug":"install"},{"headword":"instill","slug":"instill"},{"headword":"link","slug":"link"},{"headword":"locate","slug":"locate"},{"headword":"lodge","slug":"lodge"},{"headword":"moor","slug":"moor"},{"headword":"nail down","slug":"nail-down"},{"headword":"pin","slug":"pin"},{"headword":"place","slug":"place"},{"headword":"plant","slug":"plant"},{"headword":"position","slug":"position"},{"headword":"rigidify","slug":"rigidify"},{"headword":"rivet","slug":"rivet"},{"headword":"root","slug":"root"},{"headword":"secure","slug":"secure"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"stabilize","slug":"stabilize"},{"headword":"steady","slug":"steady"},{"headword":"stick","slug":"stick"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"tie","slug":"tie"}]},{"headword":"fortifies","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"encourage, reassure","slug":"fortifies","synonyms":[{"headword":"arouse","slug":"arouse"},{"headword":"brace","slug":"brace"},{"headword":"buck up","slug":"buck-up"},{"headword":"build up","slug":"build-up"},{"headword":"cheer","slug":"cheer"},{"headword":"confirm","slug":"confirm"},{"headword":"embolden","slug":"embolden"},{"headword":"energize","slug":"energize"},{"headword":"enliven","slug":"enliven"},{"headword":"hearten","slug":"hearten"},{"headword":"invigorate","slug":"invigorate"},{"headword":"pour it on","slug":"pour-it-on"},{"headword":"punch up","slug":"punch-up"},{"headword":"rally","slug":"rally"},{"headword":"refresh","slug":"refresh"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"renew","slug":"renew"},{"headword":"restore","slug":"restore"},{"headword":"rouse","slug":"rouse"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"stir","slug":"stir"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"}]},{"headword":"fortify","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"encourage, reassure","slug":"fortify","synonyms":[{"headword":"arouse","slug":"arouse"},{"headword":"brace","slug":"brace"},{"headword":"buck up","slug":"buck-up"},{"headword":"build up","slug":"build-up"},{"headword":"cheer","slug":"cheer"},{"headword":"confirm","slug":"confirm"},{"headword":"embolden","slug":"embolden"},{"headword":"energize","slug":"energize"},{"headword":"enliven","slug":"enliven"},{"headword":"hearten","slug":"hearten"},{"headword":"invigorate","slug":"invigorate"},{"headword":"pour it on","slug":"pour-it-on"},{"headword":"punch up","slug":"punch-up"},{"headword":"rally","slug":"rally"},{"headword":"refresh","slug":"refresh"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"renew","slug":"renew"},{"headword":"restore","slug":"restore"},{"headword":"rouse","slug":"rouse"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"stir","slug":"stir"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"}]},{"headword":"freeze","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"make cold enough to become solid","slug":"freeze","synonyms":[{"headword":"benumb","slug":"benumb"},{"headword":"bite","slug":"bite"},{"headword":"chill","slug":"chill"},{"headword":"chill to the bone","slug":"chill-to-the-bone"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"frost","slug":"frost"},{"headword":"glaciate","slug":"glaciate"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"ice","slug":"ice"},{"headword":"ice over","slug":"ice-over"},{"headword":"ice up","slug":"ice-up"},{"headword":"nip","slug":"nip"},{"headword":"pierce","slug":"pierce"},{"headword":"refrigerate","slug":"refrigerate"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"}]},{"headword":"froze","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"make cold enough to become solid","slug":"froze","synonyms":[{"headword":"benumb","slug":"benumb"},{"headword":"bite","slug":"bite"},{"headword":"chill","slug":"chill"},{"headword":"chill to the bone","slug":"chill-to-the-bone"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"frost","slug":"frost"},{"headword":"glaciate","slug":"glaciate"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"ice over","slug":"ice-over"},{"headword":"ice up","slug":"ice-up"},{"headword":"nip","slug":"nip"},{"headword":"pierce","slug":"pierce"},{"headword":"refrigerate","slug":"refrigerate"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"}]},{"headword":"harden","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"make or become solid","slug":"harden","synonyms":[{"headword":"amalgamate","slug":"amalgamate"},{"headword":"anneal","slug":"anneal"},{"headword":"bake","slug":"bake"},{"headword":"brace","slug":"brace"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"calcify","slug":"calcify"},{"headword":"callous","slug":"callous"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"close","slug":"close"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"compact","slug":"compact"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"consolidate","slug":"consolidate"},{"headword":"contract","slug":"contract"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"curdle","slug":"curdle"},{"headword":"densify","slug":"densify"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"firm","slug":"firm"},{"headword":"fix","slug":"fix"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"fossilize","slug":"fossilize"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gird","slug":"gird"},{"headword":"indurate","slug":"indurate"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"nerve","slug":"nerve"},{"headword":"ossify","slug":"ossify"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"precipitate","slug":"precipitate"},{"headword":"press","slug":"press"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"starch","slug":"starch"},{"headword":"steel","slug":"steel"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"temper","slug":"temper"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"},{"headword":"vitrify","slug":"vitrify"}]},{"headword":"harden","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"accustom","slug":"harden","synonyms":[{"headword":"acclimate","slug":"acclimate"},{"headword":"acclimatize","slug":"acclimatize"},{"headword":"adapt","slug":"adapt"},{"headword":"adjust","slug":"adjust"},{"headword":"blunt","slug":"blunt"},{"headword":"brutalize","slug":"brutalize"},{"headword":"callous","slug":"callous"},{"headword":"callus","slug":"callus"},{"headword":"case-harden","slug":"case-harden"},{"headword":"climatize","slug":"climatize"},{"headword":"coarsen","slug":"coarsen"},{"headword":"conform","slug":"conform"},{"headword":"deaden","slug":"deaden"},{"headword":"develop","slug":"develop"},{"headword":"discipline","slug":"discipline"},{"headword":"dull","slug":"dull"},{"headword":"embitter","slug":"embitter"},{"headword":"habituate","slug":"habituate"},{"headword":"indurate","slug":"indurate"},{"headword":"inure","slug":"inure"},{"headword":"make callous","slug":"make-callous"},{"headword":"numb","slug":"numb"},{"headword":"paralyze","slug":"paralyze"},{"headword":"render insensitive","slug":"render-insensitive"},{"headword":"roughen","slug":"roughen"},{"headword":"season","slug":"season"},{"headword":"steel","slug":"steel"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"stun","slug":"stun"},{"headword":"stupefy","slug":"stupefy"},{"headword":"teach","slug":"teach"},{"headword":"train","slug":"train"}]},{"headword":"indurate","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"harden","slug":"indurate","synonyms":[{"headword":"acclimate","slug":"acclimate"},{"headword":"acclimatize","slug":"acclimatize"},{"headword":"amalgamate","slug":"amalgamate"},{"headword":"anneal","slug":"anneal"},{"headword":"bake","slug":"bake"},{"headword":"brace","slug":"brace"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"calcify","slug":"calcify"},{"headword":"callous","slug":"callous"},{"headword":"caseharden","slug":"caseharden"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"close","slug":"close"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"compact","slug":"compact"},{"headword":"concrete","slug":"concrete"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"consolidate","slug":"consolidate"},{"headword":"contract","slug":"contract"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"curdle","slug":"curdle"},{"headword":"densify","slug":"densify"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"firm","slug":"firm"},{"headword":"fix","slug":"fix"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"fossilize","slug":"fossilize"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gird","slug":"gird"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"nerve","slug":"nerve"},{"headword":"ossify","slug":"ossify"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"precipitate","slug":"precipitate"},{"headword":"press","slug":"press"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"season","slug":"season"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"starch","slug":"starch"},{"headword":"steel","slug":"steel"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"temper","slug":"temper"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"},{"headword":"vitrify","slug":"vitrify"}]},{"headword":"infix","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"fix","slug":"infix","synonyms":[{"headword":"affix","slug":"affix"},{"headword":"anchor","slug":"anchor"},{"headword":"attach","slug":"attach"},{"headword":"bind","slug":"bind"},{"headword":"catch","slug":"catch"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"connect","slug":"connect"},{"headword":"consolidate","slug":"consolidate"},{"headword":"couple","slug":"couple"},{"headword":"embed","slug":"embed"},{"headword":"entrench","slug":"entrench"},{"headword":"fasten","slug":"fasten"},{"headword":"freeze to","slug":"freeze-to"},{"headword":"glue","slug":"glue"},{"headword":"graft","slug":"graft"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"implant","slug":"implant"},{"headword":"inculcate","slug":"inculcate"},{"headword":"ingrain","slug":"ingrain"},{"headword":"install","slug":"install"},{"headword":"instill","slug":"instill"},{"headword":"link","slug":"link"},{"headword":"locate","slug":"locate"},{"headword":"lodge","slug":"lodge"},{"headword":"moor","slug":"moor"},{"headword":"nail down","slug":"nail-down"},{"headword":"pin","slug":"pin"},{"headword":"place","slug":"place"},{"headword":"plant","slug":"plant"},{"headword":"position","slug":"position"},{"headword":"rigidify","slug":"rigidify"},{"headword":"rivet","slug":"rivet"},{"headword":"root","slug":"root"},{"headword":"secure","slug":"secure"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stabilize","slug":"stabilize"},{"headword":"stay put","slug":"stay-put"},{"headword":"steady","slug":"steady"},{"headword":"stick","slug":"stick"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"},{"headword":"tie","slug":"tie"}]},{"headword":"inspissate","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"thicken","slug":"inspissate","synonyms":[{"headword":"add","slug":"add"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"clabber","slug":"clabber"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"curdle","slug":"curdle"},{"headword":"deepen","slug":"deepen"},{"headword":"enlarge","slug":"enlarge"},{"headword":"expand","slug":"expand"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gel","slug":"gel"},{"headword":"grow thick","slug":"grow-thick"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"jelly","slug":"jelly"},{"headword":"ossify","slug":"ossify"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"swell","slug":"swell"},{"headword":"widen","slug":"widen"}]},{"headword":"jell","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"coagulate","slug":"jell","synonyms":[{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"cohere","slug":"cohere"},{"headword":"come together","slug":"come-together"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"finalize","slug":"finalize"},{"headword":"form","slug":"form"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gel","slug":"gel"},{"headword":"gelate","slug":"gelate"},{"headword":"gelatinize","slug":"gelatinize"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"jellify","slug":"jellify"},{"headword":"jelly","slug":"jelly"},{"headword":"materialize","slug":"materialize"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stick","slug":"stick"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"take shape","slug":"take-shape"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"}]},{"headword":"ossify","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"become hard from aging","slug":"ossify","synonyms":[{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"fossilize","slug":"fossilize"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"indurate","slug":"indurate"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"},{"headword":"turn to bone","slug":"turn-to-bone"}]},{"headword":"pin on","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"fix","slug":"pin-on","synonyms":[{"headword":"affix","slug":"affix"},{"headword":"anchor","slug":"anchor"},{"headword":"assign","slug":"assign"},{"headword":"attach","slug":"attach"},{"headword":"bind","slug":"bind"},{"headword":"blame","slug":"blame"},{"headword":"catch","slug":"catch"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"connect","slug":"connect"},{"headword":"consolidate","slug":"consolidate"},{"headword":"couple","slug":"couple"},{"headword":"embed","slug":"embed"},{"headword":"entrench","slug":"entrench"},{"headword":"fasten","slug":"fasten"},{"headword":"freeze to","slug":"freeze-to"},{"headword":"glue","slug":"glue"},{"headword":"graft","slug":"graft"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"implant","slug":"implant"},{"headword":"impute","slug":"impute"},{"headword":"inculcate","slug":"inculcate"},{"headword":"infix","slug":"infix"},{"headword":"ingrain","slug":"ingrain"},{"headword":"install","slug":"install"},{"headword":"instill","slug":"instill"},{"headword":"link","slug":"link"},{"headword":"locate","slug":"locate"},{"headword":"lodge","slug":"lodge"},{"headword":"moor","slug":"moor"},{"headword":"nail down","slug":"nail-down"},{"headword":"pin","slug":"pin"},{"headword":"place","slug":"place"},{"headword":"plant","slug":"plant"},{"headword":"position","slug":"position"},{"headword":"rigidify","slug":"rigidify"},{"headword":"rivet","slug":"rivet"},{"headword":"root","slug":"root"},{"headword":"secure","slug":"secure"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stabilize","slug":"stabilize"},{"headword":"stay put","slug":"stay-put"},{"headword":"steady","slug":"steady"},{"headword":"stick","slug":"stick"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"},{"headword":"tie","slug":"tie"}]},{"headword":"reinforce","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"strengthen, augment","slug":"reinforce","synonyms":[{"headword":"add fuel to fire","slug":"add-fuel-to-fire"},{"headword":"add to","slug":"add-to"},{"headword":"back up","slug":"back-up"},{"headword":"beef up","slug":"beef-up"},{"headword":"bolster","slug":"bolster"},{"headword":"boost","slug":"boost"},{"headword":"build up","slug":"build-up"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"carry","slug":"carry"},{"headword":"emphasize","slug":"emphasize"},{"headword":"energize","slug":"energize"},{"headword":"enlarge","slug":"enlarge"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"heat up","slug":"heat-up"},{"headword":"hype","slug":"hype"},{"headword":"increase","slug":"increase"},{"headword":"lend a hand","slug":"lend-a-hand"},{"headword":"multiply","slug":"multiply"},{"headword":"pick up","slug":"pick-up"},{"headword":"pillar","slug":"pillar"},{"headword":"prop","slug":"prop"},{"headword":"prop up","slug":"prop-up"},{"headword":"punch up","slug":"punch-up"},{"headword":"shore up","slug":"shore-up"},{"headword":"soup up","slug":"soup-up"},{"headword":"stand up for","slug":"stand-up-for"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"stress","slug":"stress"},{"headword":"stroke","slug":"stroke"},{"headword":"supplement","slug":"supplement"},{"headword":"support","slug":"support"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"},{"headword":"underline","slug":"underline"}]},{"headword":"reinforces","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"strengthen, augment","slug":"reinforces","synonyms":[{"headword":"add fuel to fire","slug":"add-fuel-to-fire"},{"headword":"add to","slug":"add-to"},{"headword":"back up","slug":"back-up"},{"headword":"beef up","slug":"beef-up"},{"headword":"bolster","slug":"bolster"},{"headword":"boost","slug":"boost"},{"headword":"build up","slug":"build-up"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"carry","slug":"carry"},{"headword":"emphasize","slug":"emphasize"},{"headword":"energize","slug":"energize"},{"headword":"enlarge","slug":"enlarge"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"heat up","slug":"heat-up"},{"headword":"hype","slug":"hype"},{"headword":"increase","slug":"increase"},{"headword":"lend a hand","slug":"lend-a-hand"},{"headword":"multiply","slug":"multiply"},{"headword":"pick up","slug":"pick-up"},{"headword":"pillar","slug":"pillar"},{"headword":"prop","slug":"prop"},{"headword":"prop up","slug":"prop-up"},{"headword":"punch up","slug":"punch-up"},{"headword":"shore up","slug":"shore-up"},{"headword":"soup up","slug":"soup-up"},{"headword":"stand up for","slug":"stand-up-for"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"stress","slug":"stress"},{"headword":"stroke","slug":"stroke"},{"headword":"supplement","slug":"supplement"},{"headword":"support","slug":"support"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"},{"headword":"underline","slug":"underline"}]},{"headword":"set","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"harden","slug":"set","synonyms":[{"headword":"become firm","slug":"become-firm"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"fix","slug":"fix"},{"headword":"gel","slug":"gel"},{"headword":"gelate","slug":"gelate"},{"headword":"gelatinize","slug":"gelatinize"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"jellify","slug":"jellify"},{"headword":"jelly","slug":"jelly"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"}]},{"headword":"solidifies","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"harden","slug":"solidifies","synonyms":[{"headword":"amalgamate","slug":"amalgamate"},{"headword":"anneal","slug":"anneal"},{"headword":"bake","slug":"bake"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"cohere","slug":"cohere"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"densify","slug":"densify"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"firm","slug":"firm"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"}]},{"headword":"solidify","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"harden","slug":"solidify","synonyms":[{"headword":"amalgamate","slug":"amalgamate"},{"headword":"anneal","slug":"anneal"},{"headword":"bake","slug":"bake"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"cohere","slug":"cohere"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"crystallize","slug":"crystallize"},{"headword":"densify","slug":"densify"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"firm","slug":"firm"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"thicken","slug":"thicken"}]},{"headword":"stabilize","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change","slug":"stabilize","synonyms":[{"headword":"balance","slug":"balance"},{"headword":"ballast","slug":"ballast"},{"headword":"bolt","slug":"bolt"},{"headword":"brace","slug":"brace"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"counterbalance","slug":"counterbalance"},{"headword":"counterpoise","slug":"counterpoise"},{"headword":"equalize","slug":"equalize"},{"headword":"fasten","slug":"fasten"},{"headword":"firm","slug":"firm"},{"headword":"firm up","slug":"firm-up"},{"headword":"fix","slug":"fix"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"maintain","slug":"maintain"},{"headword":"ossify","slug":"ossify"},{"headword":"poise","slug":"poise"},{"headword":"preserve","slug":"preserve"},{"headword":"prop","slug":"prop"},{"headword":"secure","slug":"secure"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"settle","slug":"settle"},{"headword":"stabilitate","slug":"stabilitate"},{"headword":"steady","slug":"steady"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"support","slug":"support"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"},{"headword":"uphold","slug":"uphold"}]},{"headword":"support","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"take care of, provide for","slug":"support","synonyms":[{"headword":"angel","slug":"angel"},{"headword":"attend to","slug":"attend-to"},{"headword":"back","slug":"back"},{"headword":"bankroll","slug":"bankroll"},{"headword":"be a source of strength","slug":"be-a-source-of-strength"},{"headword":"bring up","slug":"bring-up"},{"headword":"buoy up","slug":"buoy-up"},{"headword":"care for","slug":"care-for"},{"headword":"chaperon","slug":"chaperon"},{"headword":"cherish","slug":"cherish"},{"headword":"earn one's keep","slug":"earn-ones-keep"},{"headword":"encourage","slug":"encourage"},{"headword":"feed","slug":"feed"},{"headword":"finance","slug":"finance"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"foster","slug":"foster"},{"headword":"fund","slug":"fund"},{"headword":"give a leg up","slug":"give-a-leg-up"},{"headword":"guard","slug":"guard"},{"headword":"keep","slug":"keep"},{"headword":"keep an eye on","slug":"keep-an-eye-on"},{"headword":"look after","slug":"look-after"},{"headword":"maintain","slug":"maintain"},{"headword":"make a living","slug":"make-a-living"},{"headword":"nourish","slug":"nourish"},{"headword":"nurse","slug":"nurse"},{"headword":"pay expenses of","slug":"pay-expenses-of"},{"headword":"pay for","slug":"pay-for"},{"headword":"pick up the check","slug":"pick-up-the-check"},{"headword":"prop","slug":"prop"},{"headword":"put up money for","slug":"put-up-money-for"},{"headword":"raise","slug":"raise"},{"headword":"set up","slug":"set-up"},{"headword":"sponsor","slug":"sponsor"},{"headword":"stake","slug":"stake"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"stroke","slug":"stroke"},{"headword":"subsidize","slug":"subsidize"},{"headword":"succor","slug":"succor"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"},{"headword":"underwrite","slug":"underwrite"},{"headword":"uphold","slug":"uphold"}]},{"headword":"supports","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"take care of, provide for","slug":"supports","synonyms":[{"headword":"angel","slug":"angel"},{"headword":"attend to","slug":"attend-to"},{"headword":"back","slug":"back"},{"headword":"bankroll","slug":"bankroll"},{"headword":"be a source of strength","slug":"be-a-source-of-strength"},{"headword":"bring up","slug":"bring-up"},{"headword":"buoy up","slug":"buoy-up"},{"headword":"care for","slug":"care-for"},{"headword":"chaperon","slug":"chaperon"},{"headword":"cherish","slug":"cherish"},{"headword":"earn one's keep","slug":"earn-ones-keep"},{"headword":"encourage","slug":"encourage"},{"headword":"feed","slug":"feed"},{"headword":"finance","slug":"finance"},{"headword":"fortify","slug":"fortify"},{"headword":"foster","slug":"foster"},{"headword":"fund","slug":"fund"},{"headword":"give a leg up","slug":"give-a-leg-up"},{"headword":"guard","slug":"guard"},{"headword":"keep","slug":"keep"},{"headword":"keep an eye on","slug":"keep-an-eye-on"},{"headword":"look after","slug":"look-after"},{"headword":"maintain","slug":"maintain"},{"headword":"make a living","slug":"make-a-living"},{"headword":"nourish","slug":"nourish"},{"headword":"nurse","slug":"nurse"},{"headword":"pay expenses of","slug":"pay-expenses-of"},{"headword":"pay for","slug":"pay-for"},{"headword":"pick up the check","slug":"pick-up-the-check"},{"headword":"prop","slug":"prop"},{"headword":"put up money for","slug":"put-up-money-for"},{"headword":"raise","slug":"raise"},{"headword":"set up","slug":"set-up"},{"headword":"sponsor","slug":"sponsor"},{"headword":"stake","slug":"stake"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"stroke","slug":"stroke"},{"headword":"subsidize","slug":"subsidize"},{"headword":"succor","slug":"succor"},{"headword":"sustain","slug":"sustain"},{"headword":"underwrite","slug":"underwrite"},{"headword":"uphold","slug":"uphold"}]},{"headword":"tauten","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"tense","slug":"tauten","synonyms":[{"headword":"constrict","slug":"constrict"},{"headword":"force","slug":"force"},{"headword":"go rigid","slug":"go-rigid"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"straighten","slug":"straighten"},{"headword":"strain","slug":"strain"},{"headword":"tighten","slug":"tighten"}]},{"headword":"temper","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"harden","slug":"temper","synonyms":[{"headword":"anneal","slug":"anneal"},{"headword":"bake","slug":"bake"},{"headword":"braze","slug":"braze"},{"headword":"cement","slug":"cement"},{"headword":"chill","slug":"chill"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"dry","slug":"dry"},{"headword":"indurate","slug":"indurate"},{"headword":"mold","slug":"mold"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"set","slug":"set"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"starch","slug":"starch"},{"headword":"steel","slug":"steel"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strengthen","slug":"strengthen"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"},{"headword":"toughen up","slug":"toughen-up"}]},{"headword":"thicken","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"set; make more dense","slug":"thicken","synonyms":[{"headword":"add","slug":"add"},{"headword":"buttress","slug":"buttress"},{"headword":"cake","slug":"cake"},{"headword":"clabber","slug":"clabber"},{"headword":"clot","slug":"clot"},{"headword":"coagulate","slug":"coagulate"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"curdle","slug":"curdle"},{"headword":"deepen","slug":"deepen"},{"headword":"enlarge","slug":"enlarge"},{"headword":"expand","slug":"expand"},{"headword":"freeze","slug":"freeze"},{"headword":"gel","slug":"gel"},{"headword":"grow thick","slug":"grow-thick"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"inspissate","slug":"inspissate"},{"headword":"jell","slug":"jell"},{"headword":"jelly","slug":"jelly"},{"headword":"ossify","slug":"ossify"},{"headword":"petrify","slug":"petrify"},{"headword":"reinforce","slug":"reinforce"},{"headword":"solidify","slug":"solidify"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"swell","slug":"swell"},{"headword":"widen","slug":"widen"}]},{"headword":"tighten","partOfSpeech":"verb","shortDefinition":"constrict","slug":"tighten","synonyms":[{"headword":"bind","slug":"bind"},{"headword":"clench","slug":"clench"},{"headword":"close","slug":"close"},{"headword":"compress","slug":"compress"},{"headword":"condense","slug":"condense"},{"headword":"congeal","slug":"congeal"},{"headword":"contract","slug":"contract"},{"headword":"cramp","slug":"cramp"},{"headword":"crush","slug":"crush"},{"headword":"fasten","slug":"fasten"},{"headword":"fix","slug":"fix"},{"headword":"grip","slug":"grip"},{"headword":"harden","slug":"harden"},{"headword":"narrow","slug":"narrow"},{"headword":"pinch","slug":"pinch"},{"headword":"pressure","slug":"pressure"},{"headword":"rigidify","slug":"rigidify"},{"headword":"screw","slug":"screw"},{"headword":"secure","slug":"secure"},{"headword":"squeeze","slug":"squeeze"},{"headword":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"headword":"strain","slug":"strain"},{"headword":"strangle","slug":"strangle"},{"headword":"stretch","slug":"stretch"},{"headword":"tauten","slug":"tauten"},{"headword":"tense","slug":"tense"},{"headword":"toughen","slug":"toughen"}]}],"slug":"stiffen"},"meta":{"arg":"stiffen","requestId":"t_USGXIregA-7LPKu3ByP","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchThesaurusEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2021-05-09T14:55:49Z","headword":{"normalizedForm":"stiffen","standardForm":"stiffen"},"id":"6097f7f5000000035a00bc95","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2021-05-09T14:55:49Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"stiffen","groups":["e","f","ff","i","n","s","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"neffits","subwordTokens":["stiffen","tiffen","iffen","ffen","fen","en","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"antonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"weaken","id":"6097f88900000001650057d4","slug":"weaken"},"similarity":-100},{"entry":{"headword":"dilute","id":"6097fb7f00000000ba000fde","slug":"dilute"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"dissolve","id":"6097fb8c000000023400f00a","slug":"dissolve"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"heat","id":"6097f6720000000306006954","slug":"heat"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"liquefy","id":"6097f6d7000000016a009b01","slug":"liquefy"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"melt","id":"6097f6f7000000007e009efa","slug":"melt"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"separate","id":"6097f7b900000002f0005e8b","slug":"separate"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"soften","id":"6097f7d7000000036f0052ed","slug":"soften"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"thin","id":"6097f841000000014100f961","slug":"thin"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"unfix","id":"6097f86e000000028f00cf2d","slug":"unfix"},"similarity":-50},{"entry":{"headword":"loosen","id":"6097f6d7000000016a0001b3","slug":"loosen"},"similarity":-10}],"id":"6097f7f5000000035a00bc9a","ordinal":1,"shortText":"make or become harder","source":"random-house","synonyms":[{"entry":{"headword":"reinforce","id":"6097f790000000024600f4f6","slug":"reinforce"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"solidify","id":"6097f7d7000000036f006acf","slug":"solidify"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"stabilize","id":"6097f7e8000000003100461a","slug":"stabilize"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"strengthen","id":"6097f7f5000000035a001a75","slug":"strengthen"},"similarity":100},{"entry":{"headword":"anneal","id":"6097f66300000003d5005084","slug":"anneal"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"benumb","id":"6097f8240000000332008ae0","slug":"benumb"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"brace","id":"6097fa0800000000d800a27f","slug":"brace"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"cake","id":"6097fa180000000124009d0e","slug":"cake"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"candy","id":"6097fa18000000012400c649","slug":"candy"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"cement","id":"6097fae400000000d20046ce","slug":"cement"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"chill","id":"6097faf5000000039100be82","slug":"chill"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"clot","id":"6097faf50000000391005527","slug":"clot"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"coagulate","id":"6097faf50000000391006afc","slug":"coagulate"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"condense","id":"6097fb490000000296004395","slug":"condense"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"congeal","id":"6097fb4900000002960070ea","slug":"congeal"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"crystallize","id":"6097fb64000000021500009e","slug":"crystallize"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"curdle","id":"6097fb64000000021500181d","slug":"curdle"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"firm","id":"6097fbd000000001a500b4db","slug":"firm"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"fix","id":"6097fbd000000001a500d046","slug":"fix"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"freeze","id":"6097fbe000000002ac00dc35","slug":"freeze"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"gel","id":"6097fbef0000000087008221","slug":"gel"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"harden","id":"6097fc1000000002c300c38a","slug":"harden"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"inflate","id":"6097f69d000000030f00219a","slug":"inflate"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"inspissate","id":"6097f6ac0000000055009e83","slug":"inspissate"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"jell","id":"6097f6b80000000242009799","slug":"jell"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"jelly","id":"6097f6b80000000242009865","slug":"jelly"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"ossify","id":"6097f727000000001d005fd0","slug":"ossify"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"petrify","id":"6097f74800000003ce002942","slug":"petrify"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"precipitate","id":"6097f7690000000087009e37","slug":"precipitate"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"prop","id":"6097f776000000015600824b","slug":"prop"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"set","id":"6097f7b900000002f0007c2e","slug":"set"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"starch","id":"6097f7e80000000031006e87","slug":"starch"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"steady","id":"6097f7f5000000035a009533","slug":"steady"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"tauten","id":"6097f831000000033b0053a8","slug":"tauten"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"tense","id":"6097f8410000000141009ac8","slug":"tense"},"similarity":50},{"entry":{"headword":"thicken","id":"6097f841000000014100f321","slug":"thicken"},"similarity":50}]}],"id":"6097f7f5bb1f88f7c11e0150","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c87","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.flac","mpeg":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.mp3","ogg":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.ogg","wav":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.wav"},"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c88","ipa":{"text":"ˈstɪf ən"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3],"html":"stif-uhn","italicIndices":[5,6],"text":"stif-uhn"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"stiffen","source":"random-house","type":"tcom"}],"type":"tcom"}],"meta":{"arg":"stiffen","requestId":"D7Rhq0FOcQOMCPopXzBg-","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"dcomWeb/fetchDictionaryEntry/fulfilled","payload":[{"entries":[{"createDate":"2015-05-29T07:00:16Z","derivedFormSets":[{"derivedForms":[{"form":"overstiffen","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"over·stiffen"}],"partOfSpeech":"verb"},{"derivedForms":[{"form":"unstiffened","ordinal":1,"syllabicForm":"un·stiffened"}],"partOfSpeech":"adjective"}],"headword":{"normalizedForm":"stiffen","standardForm":"stiffen","syllabicForm":"stiff·en"},"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c83","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2015-05-29T07:00:16Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"stiffen","groups":["e","f","ff","i","n","s","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"neffits","subwordTokens":["stiffen","tiffen","iffen","ffen","fen","en","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"origin":{"id":"55680e8000000000a4001ca4","source":"dcom","text":"First recorded in 1490–1500; stiff + -en ¹","type":"origin"},"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"stiff","id":"55680e8000000000a4001b6a","slug":"stiff"}}],"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c91","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","text":"to make stiff."}],"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c8e","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb-transitive"},{"definitions":[{"crossReferences":[{"targetEntry":{"headword":"stiff","id":"55680e8000000000a4001b6a","slug":"stiff"}}],"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c9a","ordinal":1,"source":"random-house","text":"to become stiff."},{"examples":[{"sentence":"He stiffened, expecting to hear the worst."}],"id":"55680e8000000000a4001ca0","ordinal":2,"source":"random-house","text":"to become suddenly tense, rigid, or taut, as in bracing oneself for or drawing back from shock, fear, or displeasure."}],"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c97","ordinal":2,"partOfSpeech":"verb-intransitive"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c87","lang":"en","ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"audio":{"flac":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.flac","mpeg":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.mp3","ogg":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.ogg","wav":"S09/S0948600/S0948600.wav"},"id":"55680e8000000000a4001c88","ipa":{"text":"ˈstɪf ən"},"phonetic":{"boldIndices":[0,1,2,3],"html":"stif-uhn","italicIndices":[5,6],"text":"stif-uhn"}}],"region":"us"}],"slug":"stiffen","source":"dcom","type":"dcom"}],"type":"dcom"},{"entries":[{"createDate":"2010-07-14T07:45:26Z","derivedFormSets":[{"derivedForms":[{"form":"stiffener"}],"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"headword":{"normalizedForm":"stiffen","standardForm":"stiffen"},"id":"4c3d6b164d90460c266bd702","lang":"en","modifyDate":"2010-07-14T07:45:26Z","ngrams":{"allLetters":true,"forward":"stiffen","groups":["e","f","ff","i","n","s","t"],"numLetters":7,"reverse":"neffits","subwordTokens":["stiffen","tiffen","iffen","ffen","fen","en","n"]},"normalizedLetter":"s","ordinal":1,"partOfSpeechBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"id":"4c49052f866123aa050109e8","ordinal":1,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"to make or become stiff or stiffer"},{"id":"4c6d55ef751a74b4fdaea01a","ordinal":2,"tags":[{"tag":"General:General_Language:General_Language_Term","type":"subject-field"}],"text":"(intr) to become suddenly tense or unyielding"}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"verb"}],"pronunciationSets":[{"ordinal":1,"pronunciations":[{"ipa":{"text":"ˈstɪfən"}}]}],"slug":"stiffen","source":"collins","type":"british"}],"type":"british"}],"meta":{"arg":"stiffen","requestId":"AlkXiKWbD2JC3pdSCHl_P","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"displayForm":"stiffener","slug":"stiffener"},{"displayForm":"iffen","slug":"iffen"},{"displayForm":"stiff","slug":"stiff"},{"displayForm":"stiff","slug":"stiff"},{"displayForm":"stiff","slug":"stiff"},{"displayForm":"stiffy","slug":"stiffy"},{"displayForm":"stifle","slug":"stifle"},{"displayForm":"stifle","slug":"stifle"},{"displayForm":"stifle","slug":"stifle"},{"displayForm":"stifle","slug":"stifle"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"stiffen","slug":"stiffen"},{"displayForm":"stiffened","slug":"stiffened"},{"displayForm":"stiffener","slug":"stiffener"},{"displayForm":"stiff","slug":"stiff"},{"displayForm":"stiffly","slug":"stiffly"},{"displayForm":"stifle","slug":"stifle"},{"displayForm":"stifled","slug":"stifled"},{"displayForm":"tiffin","slug":"tiffin"},{"displayForm":"stiffening","slug":"stiffening"},{"displayForm":"stiffness","slug":"stiffness"},{"displayForm":"stifling","slug":"stifling"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"stiffen"},"requestId":"kWa10evuc_TxNeqOxGKJ9","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

stiffen

Example Sentences

Related Words