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
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.
taut (third-person singular simple present tauts, present participle tauting, simple past and past participle tauted)
(transitive) To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
• Ta Tu, Ta-tu, tatu
Source: Wiktionary
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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
