Tighten

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  • transitive & intransitive verb . To make or become tight or tighter.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make tight; draw tighter; straiten; make more close in any manner; constrict.
  • To become tight; be drawn tighter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
  • transitive verb. a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make tighter.
  • verb. To become tighter.
  • verb. To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
  • verb. To raise short-term interest rates.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. restrict
  • verb. narrow or limit
  • verb. become tight or tighter
  • verb. make tight or tighter
    • Word Usage
    "I can’t, she thought, watching his expression tighten with anger."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    loosen  
    Form
    tightened  tightening  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bound  confine  limit  restrain  restrict  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brighton  Titan  Triton  brighten  enlighten  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clenching  constriction  contraction  droop  jerk  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affix  anchor  annex  attach  back  
    verb-form
    tightened  tightening  tightens  
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