- 1. n. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. Source: opted
- 2. n. any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) Source: wordnet
- 3. n. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in Source: wordnet
- 4. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch. Source: webster
- 5. That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in asewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises,in completing a stitch. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) n. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in Source: ecdict
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