Tighten - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- become tight or tighter
Extra examples
She tightened her hold on the handle.
...tighten the straps on the backpack so that the load doesn't shift while hiking...
As the market tightens, the rate of discount rises.
Tighten the screws firmly.
I'd put the new tyre on, but I hadn't tightened up the wheel.
When you tighten guitar strings, the note gets higher.
The rope tightened around his body.
His mouth tightened into a thin, angry line.
Tighten up the muscles of both arms.
Efforts to tighten the rules have failed.
He expects the presidential race to tighten.
The rope tightened
Turn the screw clockwise to tighten it.
...stopped briefly to tighten the lacing on his shoe...
They inflicted a heavy defeat on the Government's plans to tighten asylum controls.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: tighten
he/she/it: tightens
present participle: tightening
past tense: tightened
past participle: tightened
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