'Tightening' definitions:
Definition of 'tightening'
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Definition of 'Tightening'
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 'tightening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- aggravation,
- beefing-up,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- clamping,
- clamping down,
- compression,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- crescendoing,
- crescent,
- crush,
- deepening,
- enhancement,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- expanding,
- explosion,
- growing,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- increasing,
- incremental,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- intensifying,
- lengthening,
- magnification,
- multiplying,
- nip,
- on the increase,
- pickup,
- pinch,
- population explosion,
- press,
- pressure,
- proliferating,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- snowballing,
- speedup,
- spreading,
- squeeze,
- squeezing,
- step-up,
- strengthening,
- swelling,
- tweak,
- waxing