tighten
English Thesaurus
1. narrow or limit (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel, bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel, |
| definition | : | place limits on (extent or access) (verb.change) |
2. become tight or tighter (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | change, |
| definition | : | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | firm, tauten, |
| definition | : | become taut or tauter (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | strain, tense, |
| definition | : | become stretched or tense or taut (verb.contact) |
3. make tight or tighter (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | frap, |
| definition | : | take up the slack of (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | firm, tauten, |
| definition | : | make taut or tauter (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | screw, |
| definition | : | tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | wind, wind up, |
| definition | : | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | tightening, |
| definition | : | the act of making something tighter (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | tightening, |
| definition | : | the act of making something tighter (noun.act) |
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