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• stiff collar — rigid collar, hard part of a shirt surrounding the neck …   English contemporary dictionary

• stiff´ness — stiff «stihf», adjective, adverb, noun, verb. –adj. 1. not easily bent; fixed; rigid: »a stiff brush. He wore a stiff collar. 2. hard to move: »a stiff gear. The old hinges on the barn door are stiff. 3. not able to move easily: »a stiff neck.… …   Useful english dictionary

• stiff´ly — stiff «stihf», adjective, adverb, noun, verb. –adj. 1. not easily bent; fixed; rigid: »a stiff brush. He wore a stiff collar. 2. hard to move: »a stiff gear. The old hinges on the barn door are stiff. 3. not able to move easily: »a stiff neck.… …   Useful english dictionary

• stiff — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, Latin stipare to press together, Greek steibein to tread on Date: before 12th century 1. a. not easily bent ; rigid < a stiff collar > b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stiff — stiff1 S3 [stıf] adj comparative stiffer superlative stiffest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(material/substance)¦ 3¦(mixture)¦ 4¦(difficult)¦ 5¦(door/drawer etc)¦ 6¦(unfriendly)¦ 7¦(price)¦ 8 stiff …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stiff — 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… …   Universalium

• stiff — /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… …  

• stiff — [[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,… …   From formal English to slang

• Collar (clothing) — William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar. In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing… …   Wikipedia

• collar — n. 1) a button down; stand up; starched; stiff; turndown collar 2) (misc.) hot under the collar ( very angry ) * * * [ kɒlə] stand up starched stiff turndown collar a button down (misc.) hot under the collar ( very angry ) …   Combinatory dictionary

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