v
(intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed
n
That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
adj
(informal) Causing or involving a reduction in expenditure.
n
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
v
(transitive) To distend.
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
adj
Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
adj
(medicine) deformed by contracture
adj
That crushes; overwhelming.
adj
(medicine) Having great tension, or exaggerated action.
n
A physical exercise or cosmetic product intended to firm part of the body.
n
A sudden burst (of an activity).
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To harden up.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell.
n
(medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.
adj
Having or undergoing a great degree of tension, very taut.
adj
Strained; tightly drawn.
n
(obsolete) Tension; straining, stretching.
v
(figuratively) To produce nervous tension in.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To prepare; to make oneself ready.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become limp.
v
(US) Add complication to the situation.
v
(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
n
(law) Alternative form of strict construction [(US, law) A narrow interpretation of a law, especially a law that contains ambiguity]
v
(idiomatic) To make more specific.
v
(transitive) To dazzle excessively.
v
To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
adj
Under strain or deprivation.
n
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
v
To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
v
(figuratively) To deform a simple linear idea into a superfluously complex explanation.
adj
Bound by rules; rigidly uncompromising.
v
(of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become sleek.
v
(transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure; to press, to flatten.
v
(transitive, rare) To make snug.
v
(transitive) To make unbending or inflexible; stiffen; make obstinate.
n
(economics): Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
v
To become rigid, tense or stiff.
n
(figuratively) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.
adv
So as to strain; with a straining action.
adj
Characterised or marked by straining
v
(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
v
(transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
v
(transitive) To pull tight.
v
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To make or become strict; tighten
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become supple.
v
To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
v
(chiefly nautical) To tighten; increase in intensity; to become taught.
adj
(also figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
v
(ergative) To become taut.
n
(linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
v
(intransitive) to become tense
adj
Exhibiting tensegrity.
v
(intransitive) To become tense or more tense
v
To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.
adj
Of or pertaining to tension
adj
(obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained
v
(archaic, transitive) To make thin; to attenuate.
adj
Under high tension; taut.
v
(economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
v
(intransitive) To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
v
(transitive) to make (something) firmer
adj
(now chiefly dialectal) Tight; firm; steady; sound; in good condition or health.
v
(slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
adj
brought to a state of great tension
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