tighten
Meaning
- (transitive) To make tighter.
- (intransitive) To become tighter.
- To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
- To raise short-term interest rates.
Synonyms
strech
make tight
draw tight
screw tight
be stretched tight
make firm
become taut
make taut
Translations
apertar
stringere
tensar
serrer
straffen
spannen
tibarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtaɪ.tən/
Etymology
In summary
Synchronically equivalent to tight + -en, but actually derived from Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan, thus originally unrelated to tight (Old English *þiht).
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