ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unstiffen

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Unstiffen is a verb meaning To remove the stiffness from; to relax; to make pliant.

Meaning

To remove the stiffness from; to relax; to make pliant.

Example Sentences

We stopped here about ten o'clock this morning, and I was so tired and stiff after the long night wedged in tight in the railway carriage that I got out to get some air and unstiffen myself, instinctively clutching my fiddle-case; and a Bavarian officer on the platform, watching the train with some soldiers, saw me and came over to me at once and demanded to see my papers.

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Related dictionary entries include unstarch, stiffen, unstretch, unstrain, unbend, deflexibilize.

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