meaning of stiff
1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
7. Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
9. the dead body of a human being
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