Word Study
tauten
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb tauten has 2 senses
- tauten(v = verb.change) firm - become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" is one way to tighten
- tauten(v = verb.change) firm - make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" is one way to fasten, tighten
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
tauten
continue, crank, crank in, drag out, draw, draw in, draw out, draw taut, elongate, extend, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, reel, reel in, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, tackle, tense, tighten, trim, winch, wind in, windlass
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