tense

1. n. One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time. Source: opted

2. a. Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. Source: opted

3. adj. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension Source: wordnet

4. adj. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘beat’) Source: wordnet

5. adj. taut or rigid; stretched tight Source: wordnet

6. n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time Source: wordnet

7. v. become stretched or tense or taut Source: wordnet

8. v. increase the tension on Source: wordnet

9. v. become tense, nervous, or uneasy Source: wordnet

10. v. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious Source: wordnet

11. One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time. Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages. Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. Goldsmith. -- Tense"ly, adv. -- Tense"ness, n. Source: webster

12. One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by addingauxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or eventsignified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication oftime. Source: adambom

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