TAUTEN

tauten, firm

(verb) make taut or tauter; “tauten a rope”

tauten, firm

(verb) become taut or tauter; “Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly”; “the rope tautened”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• attune, nutate

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

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.

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