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tighten

English

Etymology

Equivalent to tight +? -en. From Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?ta?.t?n/
  • Rhymes: -a?t?n
  • Homophones: titan, Titan

Verb

tighten (third-person singular simple present tightens, present participle tightening, simple past and past participle tightened)

  1. (transitive) To make tighter.
    • 1760, Francis Fawkes, Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, and Musæus translated into English by a gentleman of Cambridge
      Just where I please, with tighten;d rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
  2. (intransitive) To become tighter.
  3. (economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
  4. (economics) To raise short-term interest rates.

Antonyms

  • (make tighter): loosen

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tight

Translations

Anagrams

  • tingeth

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tighter

English

Etymology

From tight +? -er.

Adjective

tighter

  1. comparative form of tight: more tight

Adverb

tighter

  1. comparative form of tight: more tight
    We need to pull that rope tighter.

Noun

tighter (plural tighters)

  1. (obsolete or colloquial) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer; a tightener.

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