rigidify

• Verbo usado para indicar o processo de se tornar rígido, inflexível ou fixo em estrutura ou opinião.

A verb used to indicate the process of becoming stiff, inflexible, or fixed in structure or opinion.

1. Become stiff or inflexibleC1formal

   To become physically stiff, hard, or unable to bend.

   Tornar-se rígido

   • The cold weather caused the rubber to rigidify and crack.
   • As the glue dried, it began to rigidify into a solid mass.
   • The muscles rigidify after intense exercise if not stretched.

   Sinônimoshardenindurateossifypetrifysetsolidifystiffen

   Antônimosflexloosenrelaxsoften

2. Make fixed or unchangeableC1formal

   To make something, such as a system or behavior, fixed and resistant to change.

   Tornar rígido ou imutável

   • The company's outdated policies rigidified its ability to innovate.
   • Social norms can rigidify over time, making change difficult.
   • The government's strict regulations rigidified the market.

   Sinônimoscemententrenchfixfreezehardenossifypetrifysetsolidify

   Antônimosloosensoften