Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tighten"
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) 1.7 (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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