frozen stiff

  • 11stiff — stiffish, adj. stiffly, adv. stiffness, n. /stif/, adj., stiffer, stiffest, n., adv., v. adj. 1. rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar. 2. not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold… …

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  • 12stiff — 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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  • 13stiff — adj. frozen stiff * * * [stɪf] frozen stiff …

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  • 14frozen — 1 the past participle of freeze 1 2 adjective 1 frozen food has been stored at a very low temperature in order to preserve it: frozen meat 2 be frozen (stiff) spoken to feel very cold: I m frozen! Put the fire on. 3 earth that is frozen is so… …

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  • 15frozen*/ — [ˈfrəʊz(ə)n] adj I 1) preserved by being made extremely cold and stored at a very low temperature frozen food/meals[/ex] frozen vegetables/fish/yoghurt[/ex] 2) covered with a layer of ice, or made very hard because the weather is very cold a… …

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  • 16frozen — adjective 1) the frozen ground Syn: icy, ice covered, ice bound, frosty, frosted, gelid; frozen solid, hard, (as) hard as iron; literary rimy Ant: thawed 2) his hands were frozen …

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  • 17stiff — [adj1] hard, inflexible annealed, arthritic, benumbed, brittle, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, firm, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, inelastic, jelled, mechanical,… …

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  • 18frozen — past part of FREEZE * * * fro·zen (froґzən) 1. turned into, covered by, or surrounded by ice. 2. very cold. 3. stiff or immobile, or rendered immobile …

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  • 19stiff — stiff1 [ stıf ] adjective ** ▸ 1 with pain in muscles ▸ 2 firm & difficult to bend ▸ 3 not moving easily ▸ 4 mixture: very thick ▸ 5 formal/controlled ▸ 6 more severe than usual ▸ 7 containing much alcohol ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) if you are stiff or a… …

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  • 20stiff — I UK [stɪf] / US adjective ** 1) if you are stiff, or if a part of your body is stiff, you feel pain in your muscles and cannot move easily Her fingers were getting stiff. feel stiff: My leg muscles always feel stiff after a long bike ride. stiff …

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