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verb
- 1. make or become tight or tighter: "tighten the bolts" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of TIGHTEN is to make tight or tighter. How to use tighten in a sentence.
TIGHTEN definition: 1. to become tighter or to make something become tighter, firmer, or less easy to move: 2. to…. Learn more.
Tighten definition: to make or become tight or tighter. . See examples of TIGHTEN used in a sentence.
TIGHTEN meaning: 1. to become tighter or to make something become tighter, firmer, or less easy to move: 2. to…. Learn more.
To tighten something is to draw it snug or squeeze it. Your cousin's crazy driving may cause you to tighten your seatbelt and close your eyes. You can tighten things literally, the way you tighten the lid of a jar or tighten your hold on your best friend's hand as you enter a haunted house together.
If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip on something tightens, you hold it more firmly or securely. I could feel him tighten his grip on the stick. American English : tighten / ˈtaɪtən /
verb. 1. close, narrow, strengthen, squeeze, harden, constrict He answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder. close slacken, ease off, let out.
[transitive, intransitive] to hold or fix something more securely in position; to make something or become more difficult to move, open or separate. tighten something to tighten a lid/screw/rope/knot. She tightened her grip on his arm. The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.
Definition of tighten verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TIGHTEN definition: to become tighter or to make something become tighter: . Learn more.
