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English
1.1
Verb
1.1.1
Sense: to make tighter
1.1.1.1
Synonyms
1.1.1.2
Antonyms
1.1.1.3
Hyponyms
1.2
Further reading
English
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Verb
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Sense: to make tighter
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Synonyms
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bind
brace
cinch
clench
constrict
squeeze
tighten
taughten
(
chiefly nautical
)
tauten
tense
Antonyms
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divide
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
liberate
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
loosen
[
⇒ thesaurus
]
Hyponyms
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overtighten
—
collar
flex
pull in
(
nautical
)
screw up
sinch
(
US
,
equestrianism
)
swifter
(
nautical
)
take in
(
climbing
)
wrench
(
obsolete
)
Further reading
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“
43. junction
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
tighten
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.
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