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English

Pronunciation


Etymology

tyhtan.

Verb

  1. To make tighter.
  2. : Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
  3. To become tighter.
  4. : That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
  5. To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
  6. : If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
  7. To raise short-term interest rates.
  8. : The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.


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Translations

Category:English ergative verbs

fa:tighten fr:tighten io:tighten it:tighten hu:tighten ta:tighten te:tighten vi:tighten

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Tightening.]
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
manner.
[1913 Webster]

Just where I please, with tightened rein
I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes.
[1913 Webster]

Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tighten
v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: fasten]
2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
[syn: stiffen, tighten up, constrain]
4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce]
Moby Dictionary
affix , anchor , annex , attach , back , belay , box , box in , box up ,
brace , cement , cinch , circumscribe , clamp , clinch , close , compress ,
confine , continue , cramp , crank , crank in , crush , drag out , draw ,
draw in , draw out , draw taut , elongate , engraft , ensphere , extend ,
fasten , fix , graft , grapple , hem , hem in , keep from spreading ,
keep within bounds , knit , lengthen , lengthen out , let out , limit ,
localize , make fast , moor , narrow , nip , pinch , press , produce ,
prolong , prolongate , protract , pull , pull in , put to , qualify ,
reel , reel in , reinforce , restrict , rigidify , screw up , secure ,
set , set to , shore up , spin out , squeeze , stiffen , stint , strain ,
strengthen , stretch , stretch out , string out , tackle , tauten ,
tense , trice up , trim , tweak , wad up , winch , wind in , windlass


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