reduce, tighten
(verb) narrow or limit; “reduce the influx of foreigners”
stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
(verb) severely restrict in scope or extent; “tighten the rules”; “stiffen the regulations”
tighten
(verb) become tight or tighter; “The rope tightened”
tighten, fasten
(verb) make tight or tighter; “Tighten the wire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tighten (third-person singular simple present tightens, present participle tightening, simple past and past participle tightened)
(transitive) To make tighter.
(intransitive) To become tighter.
(economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
(economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
• (make tighter): loosen
• tingeth
Source: Wiktionary
Tight"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.]
Definition: To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2024
(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
