stiff

Definitions

• (of an) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
• (figurative) Inflexible; rigid.
• (of a) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
• (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
• (of) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
• Potent.
• Dead, deceased.
• (of a) Erect.
• (culinary) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
• (math) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
• (nautical) Keeping upright.