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stiff up

stiff up verb: to apply rubber without oil as part of the French polishing process.

Verb

stiff up (third-person singular simple present stiffs up, present participle stiffing up, simple past and past participle stiffed up)

  1. (French polishing) To apply rubber without oil as part of the French polishing process.
  2. (transitive) Synonym of stiffen up.
    Synonyms:
    stiffen up

Synonyms of stiff up

Forms of stiff up

third-person singular presentstiffs up
present participlestiffing up
past participlestiffed up
paststiffed up

Questions about stiff up

What does stiff up mean?
Stiff up means to apply rubber without oil as part of the French polishing process.
What part of speech is stiff up?
Stiff up is a verb.
What is the past tense of stiff up?
The past tense of stiff up is stiffed up.

Words near stiff up in the dictionary

  1. stiff porridges
  2. stiff shit
  3. stiff sickness
  4. stiff skin syndrome
  5. Stiff Street
  6. stiff up
  7. stiff upper lip
  8. stiff upper lippy
  9. stiff upper lips
  10. stiff-arm
  11. stiff-armed

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