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