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- [tahyt-n]
- /ˈtaɪt n/
- /ˈtaɪ.tən/
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- [tahyt-n]
- /ˈtaɪt n/
Definitions of tighten word
- transitive verb tighten make more snug or secure 1
- transitive verb tighten rules, etc.: make stricter 1
- intransitive verb tighten become tighter 1
- intransitive verb tighten person: become tense 1
- verb tighten If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely. 0
- verb tighten If you tighten a rope or chain, or if it tightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight. 0
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Origin of tighten
First appearance:
before 1720 One of the 49% newest English words
First recorded in 1720-30; tight + -en1
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Parts of speech for Tighten
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tighten popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for tighten
verb tighten
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- batten — A batten is a long strip of wood that is fixed to something to strengthen it or to hold it firm.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
Antonyms for tighten
verb tighten
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
- bloat — to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat
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See also
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