TAUT

taut, tight

(adjective) pulled or drawn tight; “taut sails”; “a tight drumhead”; “a tight rope”

taut

(adjective) subjected to great tension; stretched tight; “the skin of his face looked drawn and tight”; “her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

taut (comparative tauter, superlative tautest)

(also, figuratively) Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.

Synonyms: nonslack, stretched, tense, tensioned, Thesaurus:taut

Antonyms: untaut, Thesaurus:loose

(of a body, muscles, etc.) Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.

(of music, writing, etc.) Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.

Synonyms: concise, crisp, terse, tight, Thesaurus:concise

Antonym: Thesaurus:verbose

(figuratively) Experiencing anxiety or stress.

Synonyms: nonrelaxed, strained, tense, unrelaxed

(nautical, of a sailor, a ship, etc.) Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.

(oenology) Strong; uncompromising.

Verb

taut (third-person singular simple present tauts, present participle tauting, simple past and past participle tauted)

(transitive) To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.

Anagrams

• Ta Tu, Ta-tu, tatu

Source: Wiktionary

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Taut, a. Etym: [Dan. tæt; akin to E. tight. See Tight.]

1. (Naut.)

Definition: Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

2. Sung; close; firm; secure. Taut hand (Naut.), a sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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