en tighten (v)

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ar شَدَّ (v, change) ➜
  • ar رَبَطَ (v, change) ➜
  • ar ضَاقَ (v, change) ➜
  • ca ajustar (v, change) ➜
  • ca estirar (v, change) ➜
  • ca fer força (v, change) ➜
  • ca serrar (v, change) ➜
  • ca tibar (v, change) ➜
  • da stramme (v, change) ➜
  • en fasten (v, change) ➜
  • en reduce (v, change) ➜
  • en stiffen (v, change) ➜
  • es ajustar (v, change) ➜
  • es apretar (v, change) ➜
  • es atar (v, change) ➜
  • es estirar (v, change) ➜
  • es tensar (v, change) ➜
  • eu estutu (v, change) ➜
  • eu luzatu (v, change) ➜
  • eu mehartu (v, change) ➜
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Ways of tighten

  • en compress (v, contact) ➜
  • en constrict (v, change) ➜
  • en frap (v, change) ➜
  • en screw (v, contact) ➜
  • en strain (v, contact) ➜
  • en tauten (v, change) ➜
  • en wind (v, contact) ➜

Related terms

  • en tight ➜
  • fr bander ➜
  • fr raidir ➜
  • fr remonter ➜
  • fr serrer ➜
  • fr tendre ➜

Derived terms

  • en retighten ➜
  • en tighten one's belt ➜
  • en tighten purse strings ➜
  • en tightener ➜

Antonyms

  • en loosen ➜

tighten is a way of…

  • en change (v, change) ➜

Context of this term

  • en economics ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 200420903-v
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 200421085-v
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