rigid

  • 101rigid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stiff, inflexible, unyielding; set, firm, obdurate, strict; rigorous, clean cut. See hardness, severity, obstinacy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stiff] Syn. unyielding, inflexible, hard; see firm 2 ,… …

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  • 102rigid — ri|gid 〈Adj.〉 = rigide …

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  • 103rigid — rigi̱d, in fachspr. Fügungen: ri̱gidus, ...da, ...dum [zu lat. rigere = starr sein, steif sein]: starr, steif, derb, fest (bezogen z. B. auf die Beschaffenheit der Arterien bei Arteriosklerose) …

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  • 104rigid — ri|gid, ri|gi|de <aus lat. rigidus »starr, steif« zu rigere »starr, steif sein«>: 1. streng, unnachgiebig. 2. starr, steif, fest (z. B. bezogen auf die Beschaffenheit der Arterien bei Arteriosklerose; Med.) …

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  • 105rigid — adj drunk. The term often (but not neces sarily) refers to someone helplessly drunk …

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  • 106rigid — rig·id || rɪdʒɪd adj. hard, stiff, inflexible; fixed in place, firmly set; strict, severe, stringent …

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  • 107rigid — adjective 1》 unable to bend or be forced out of shape.     ↘(of a person) stiff and unmoving. 2》 not able to be changed or adapted. noun a truck which is not articulated. Derivatives rigidify verb (rigidifies, rigidifying, rigidified). rigidity… …

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  • 108rigid — a. 1. Stiff, stiffened, inflexible, unpliant, unbending, unyielding. 2. Stiff, bristling, erect, precipitous, steep. 3. Sharp, severe, strict, stern, rigorous, harsh, austere, inflexible, exact, unmitigated. 4. Sharp, cruel …

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  • 109rigid —   Not flexible or pliant; stiff, e.g. the leaflets of Zamia furfuracea …

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  • 110rigid — adj 1. stiff, hard, inflexible, unflexible, non flexible, unbendable, unbending, unyielding; inelastic, unplastic, nonpliant, unmalleable, nonmailable; tight, tense, taut, Inf. stiff as a poker, Inf. stiff as a ramrod. 2. fixed, set, firm,… …

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