stivne — meaning in English

English meaning

• coagulate verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
• congeal verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
• freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
• stiffen verb To make something rigid or less flexible.

Senses

stivne is used for these senses in English:

• coagulate (intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.
• congeal (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
• freeze (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
• stiffen (intransitive) To become stiff.

coagulate — full definition

1. verb To change from a liquid into a thicker, semi-solid state.
2. verb To make a liquid thicken into a semi-solid state.

congeal — full definition

1. verb To turn from a liquid into a solid, often because it has gone cold.
2. verb To thicken into a soft, jelly-like lump.
3. verb To make something stiff and unable to move.
4. verb To go hard and set firm.

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