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tighten |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes. {Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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