'Tighten' definitions:
Definition of 'tighten'
From: WordNet
verb
Make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten]
verb
Become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
verb
Restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain]
verb
Narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce, tighten]
Definition of 'Tighten'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes. [1913 Webster]
- Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tighten'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affix,
- anchor,
- annex,
- attach,
- back,
- belay,
- box,
- box in,
- box up,
- brace,
- cement,
- cinch,
- circumscribe,
- clamp,
- clinch,
- close,
- compress,
- confine,
- continue,
- cramp,
- crank,
- crank in,
- crush,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw out,
- draw taut,
- elongate,
- engraft,
- ensphere,
- extend,
- fasten,
- fix,
- graft,
- grapple,
- hem,
- hem in,
- keep from spreading,
- keep within bounds,
- knit,
- lengthen,
- lengthen out,
- let out,
- limit,
- localize,
- make fast,
- moor,
- narrow,
- nip,
- pinch,
- press,
- produce,
- prolong,
- prolongate,
- protract,
- pull,
- pull in,
- put to,
- qualify,
- reel,
- reel in,
- reinforce,
- restrict,
- rigidify,
- screw up,
- secure,
- set,
- set to,
- shore up,
- spin out,
- squeeze,
- stiffen,
- stint,
- strain,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- stretch out,
- string out,
- tackle,
- tauten,
- tense,
- trice up,
- trim,
- tweak,
- wad up,
- winch,
- wind in,
- windlass