tauten, firm
(verb) make taut or tauter; ātauten a ropeā
tauten, firm
(verb) become taut or tauter; āYour muscles will firm when you exercise regularlyā; āthe rope tautenedā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)
(transitive) To make taut; to taut.
(ergative) To become taut.
• attune, nutate
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
The worldās most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet ā a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
