stiff paste

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• stiff — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stiff — 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 …   English dictionary

• stiff — adjective 1) stiff cardboard Syn: rigid, hard, firm, inelastic, inflexible Ant: flexible, plastic, limp 2) a stiff paste Syn: semisolid …   Thesaurus of popular words

• stiff — adjective 1) stiff cardboard Syn: rigid, hard, firm 2) a stiff paste Syn: thick, firm, viscous, semi solid 3) I m stiff all over Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Paste for tarts — From the 1881 Household Cyclopedia Put an ounce of loaf sugar, beaten and sifted, to 1 pound of fine flour. Make it into a stiff paste, with a gill of boiling cream, and 3 ounces of butter. Work it well, and roll it very thinly …   Wikipedia

• Stiff — Stiff, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. {Costive} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stiff neck — Stiff Stiff, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Paste up — refers to a method of creating, or laying out, publication pages that predates the use of the now standard computerized page design desktop publishing programs. Completed, or camera ready, pages are known as mechanicals or mechanical art. In the… …   Wikipedia

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

• paste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ stiff (esp. BrE), thick ▪ smooth ▪ wallpaper ▪ curry, fish, tomato …   Collocations dictionary

• paste — n. & v. n. 1 any moist fairly stiff mixture, esp. of powder and liquid. 2 a dough of flour with fat, water, etc., used in baking. 3 an adhesive of flour, water, etc., esp. for sticking paper and other light materials. 4 an easily spread… …   Useful english dictionary