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 Definitions of tighten  [ˈtaɪt n]  

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Definition of 'tighten' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) tighten
to make or become tight or tighter.


Definition of 'tighten' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) tighten, fasten
make tight or tighter
"Tighten the wire"

2. (verb) tighten
become tight or tighter
"The rope tightened"

3. (verb) stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
restrict
"Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

4. (verb) reduce, tighten
narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"


Definition of 'tighten' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) tighten
to become or make tight
His hold on her arm tightened.; as security tightened; I could feel my muscles tightening.; a tightening bond between the women


Definition of 'tighten' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) tighten
to draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner


Translation of 'tighten' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make or become tight or tighter.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verdig Arabic flag Arabic: يَشُد، يُحْكِم الإغْلاق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стягам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apertar Czech flag Czech: (u)těsnit German flag German: anziehen
Danish flag Danish: stramme Greek flag Greek: σφίγγω, σφίγγομαι, τεντών Spanish flag Spanish: apretar; tensar; cerrar h
Estonian flag Estonian: pinguldama, pingulduma Farsi flag Farsi: تنگ کردن؛ محکمتر کردن Finnish flag Finnish: tiukentaa
French flag French: tendre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַדֵק Hindi flag Hindi: कसना
Croatian flag Croatian: zategnuti, pritegnuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megszorít Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengencangkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þétta, herða Italian flag Italian: stringere Japanese flag Japanese: 締める
Korean flag Korean: 단단히 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: į(si)tempti, su(si)veržti Latvian flag Latvian: savilkt; nostiept
Malay flag Malay: mengetatkan Dutch flag Dutch: strakker doen worden Norwegian flag Norwegian: stramme(s)
Polish flag Polish: zacieśniać, naciągać Portuguese flag Portuguese: apertar Romanian flag Romanian: a (se)întinde, a (se) str
Russian flag Russian: сжимать(ся) Slovak flag Slovak: (u)tesniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: napeti
Serbian flag Serbian: stegnuti Swedish flag Swedish: spänna[s], sträcka[s], sk Thai flag Thai: ทำให้แน่นหนา
Turkish flag Turkish: sıkış(tır)mak, gerginleş( Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 繃緊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стягувати(ся); ущільнюват
Urdu flag Urdu: مضبوط کرنا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm chặt Chinese flag Chinese: 绷紧

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