Main entry: corpse, stiff, remains, clay, cadaver
Definition: the dead body of a human being
Usage: the cadaver was intended for dissection; the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse; the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river; honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
Main entry: stiff
Definition: an ordinary man
Usage: a lucky stiff; a working stiff
Main entry: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, stiff, tight, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, wet, squiffy, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, crocked
Definition: very drunk
Definition: incapable of or resistant to bending
Usage: a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker; stiff hair; a stiff neck
Main entry: buckram, starchy, stiff
Definition: rigidly formal
Usage: a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality
Main entry: stiff
Definition: not moving or operating freely
Usage: a stiff hinge
Main entry: stiff, strong, potent
Definition: having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Usage: a potent toxin; potent liquor; a potent cup of tea, a stiff drink
Main entry: unbendable, unfaltering, steadfast, steady, stiff, unshakable, unwavering, firm
Definition: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Usage: firm convictions; a firm mouth; steadfast resolve; a man of unbendable perseverence; unwavering loyalty
Main entry: stiff
Definition: powerful
Usage: a stiff current; a stiff breeze
Definition: in a stiff manner
Usage: his hands lay stiffly
Main entry: stiff
Definition: extremely
Usage: bored stiff; frightened stiff