Thesaurus: tighten
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
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Definitions
- v. t. To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
- v. make tight or tighter
- v. become tight or tighter
- v. severely restrict in scope or extent
- v. narrow or limit
- To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
- To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round thedusty plain. Fawkes.Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced,against a driving belt to tighten it.
- v:100 v. make tight or tighter v. become tight or tighter