Definition of tightens Tightens
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What does tightens mean?
Part of speech
🔤- tightens, verb, present, 3rd person singular of tighten (infinitive).
WordNet
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| tighten - make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" | ||
| fasten | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| frap take up the slack of; "frap a rope" | ||
| firm, tauten make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" | ||
| screw tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the bottle cap on" | ||
| wind up, wind give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching | ||
| tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| constringe, constrict, narrow become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" | ||
| firm, tauten make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" | ||
| compress, constrict, compact, contract, squeeze, press squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" | ||
| tense, strain cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" | ||
| tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" | ||
| stiffen, tighten up, constrain | ||
| trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | ||
| tighten - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" | ||
| reduce | ||
| trammel, limit, throttle, bound, restrict, restrain, confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tighten (Verb)
To make tighter. - tighten (Verb)
To become tighter. - tighten (Verb)
To make money harder to borrow or obtain. - tighten (Verb)
To raise short-term interest rates.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tighten (v. t.)
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tighten
To make tighter.
Part of speech
🔤- tighten, verb, present, 1st person singular of tighten (infinitive).
- tighten, verb (infinitive).
