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TAUTEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tauten ... he / she / it tautens
Past simple: tautened
Past participle: tautened
-ing form: tautening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make taut or tauter
Example:
tauten a rope
Synonyms:
firm; tauten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "tauten" is one way to...):
fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become taut or tauter
Example:
the rope tautened
Synonyms:
firm; tauten
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "tauten" is one way to...):
tighten (become tight or tighter)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
