The meaning of Rigid

noun

A type of iron that is made into shapes by being poured into containers when melted

Usage examples:

A cast-iron frying pan

adjective

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Usage examples:

The bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard

verb

Make more solid or resilient.

Usage examples:

How can i firm up a sagging bustline?

adverb

In a resolute and determined manner.

Usage examples:

The chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies

adjective

Fastened securely in position.

Usage examples:

A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective

Not changing

Usage examples:

A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adjective

Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.

Usage examples:

An immutable fact

adjective

Not changing or unable to be changed

Usage examples:

The laws of physics are assumed to be immutable.

adjective

(of a substance or material) not elastic.

Usage examples:

A tough, inelastic membrane

adjective

Relating to a situation in which the amount of a product sold or supplied changes very little in relation to the product's price

Usage examples:

Cereal prices are considered "inelastic," meaning that a 10-percent price increase tends to boost s…

adjective

Unwilling to change or compromise.

Usage examples:

Once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible

adjective

Never changing.

Usage examples:

His routine was invariable

adjective

Never changing; staying the same

Usage examples:

An invariable response, an invariable rule

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

Usage examples:

The fabric stays taut without adhesive

adjective

Stretched tightly; tight

Usage examples:

She tightened the strings of the guitar to make them taut., fig. the story is a taut (= exciting, w…

adjective

Fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open.

Usage examples:

She twisted her handkerchief into a tight knot

adverb

Very firmly, closely, or tensely.

Usage examples:

He went downstairs, holding tight to the bannisters

adjective

Not able to be changed.

Usage examples:

The constitution was unalterable without the king's consent

adjective

Not able to be changed

Usage examples:

He considered evil to be an unalterable fact of the world., data stored in this system is unalterab…

adjective

Reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible.

Usage examples:

He was so unbending and uncompromising

verb

Make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position.

Usage examples:

I had trouble unbending my cramped knees

adjective

If someone is unbending, they often make fixed judgments and decisions that they are unwilling to change

Usage examples:

He has earned a reputation as a stern and unbending politician.

adjective

Not liable to variation or able to be altered.

Usage examples:

Personality characteristics are virtually unchangeable

adjective

That does not change, or that cannot be changed

Usage examples:

Culture cannot be seen as static and unchangeable., these fares have fixed and unchangeable outward…

adjective

Not malleable; inflexible, unbending, unadaptable.

adjective

Not changing; constant or uniform.

Usage examples:

The unvarying routine of parsonage life

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

adjective

(of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks

adjective

Not giving up control or responsibility for (something) as a result of influence or persuasion

Usage examples:

The economist showed an unyielding commitment to tough financial stability.