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1. (adj.) taut
tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
2. taut
emotionally or mentally strained or tense:
taut nerves.
3. taut
in good order or condition; tidy; neat; trim.
Etymology: (1275–1325; earlier taught, ME tought; akin to tow1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) taut, tight
pulled or drawn tight
"taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
2. (adj) taut
subjected to great tension; stretched tight
"the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) taut
tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained
2. (adj) taut
snug; close; firm; secure
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Sense: pulled tight
Keep the string taut while you tie a knot in it.
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 Afrikaans: styf |
 Arabic: مُوَتَّر، مَشْدود، مَمْدو |
 Bulgarian: опънат |
 Brazilian: esticado |
 Czech: napjatý |
 German: straff |
 Danish: stram |
 Greek: τεντωμένος |
 Spanish: tirante, tenso |
 Estonian: pingul |
 Farsi: کشیده؛ سفت |
 Finnish: kireä |
 French: (bien) tendu |
 Hebrew: מָתוּחַ |
 Hindi: कसकर तना हुआ |
 Croatian: zategnut, napet |
 Hungarian: feszes |
 Indonesian: kencang |
 Icelandic: strekktur |
 Italian: teso |
 Japanese: ぴんと張った |
 Korean: 팽팽한 |
 Lithuanian: įtemptas |
 Latvian: nostiepts; nostiegrots |
 Malay: tegang |
 Dutch: strak |
 Norwegian: spent, stram |
 Polish: naprężony |
 Portuguese: esticado |
 Romanian: (bine)întins |
 Russian: туго натянутый |
 Slovak: napätý |
 Slovenian: napet |
 Serbian: zategnut |
 Swedish: spänd, sträckt |
 Thai: ตึง |
 Turkish: gergin |
 Taiwanese: 拉緊的 |
 Ukrainian: туго натягнутий; пружний |
 Urdu: تنا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: căng |
 Chinese: 拉紧的 |
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