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Tightening   /tˈaɪtənɪŋ/  /tˈaɪtnɪŋ/   Listen
Tightening

noun
1.
The act of making something tighter.


Tighten

verb
(past & past part. tightened; pres. part. tightening)
1.
Make tight or tighter.  Synonym: fasten.
2.
Become tight or tighter.
3.
Restrict.  Synonyms: constrain, stiffen, tighten up.  "Stiffen the regulations"
4.
Narrow or limit.  Synonym: reduce.



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"Tightening" Quotes from Famous Books



... ventured to touch the mystic heart, and ere his eyes could look into the face of the image its arms embraced him in a tightening grasp. ...
— Mr. World and Miss Church-Member • W. S. Harris
... at Weldon's heels and flew up to his hair. He had a sudden flashing sense of being in a net that was softly tightening. In an agony of regret he wished that he had not that sheaf of "memoranda, etc." It was suddenly clear to him that ...
— The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon • Josephine Daskam Bacon
... people of Germany might be eating poorly and tightening their belts, but Herr Domber's table gave no hint of lack of supplies. There was real coffee, strong and black, fruit, fish, fresh vegetables and a roast squab for each diner. Stan put aside all unpleasant thoughts and ...
— A Yankee Flier Over Berlin • Al Avery
... then will Springhaven rejoice, and every one that hath eyes clap a spy-glass to them! And what will old Twemlow say, and that frump of an Eliza, who condescends to give me little hints sometimes about tightening up SO, perhaps, and letting out so, and permitting a little air to ...
— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore
... Amelia, tightening her lips. "I can't imagine what her Aunt Anne would have said. John, wasn't it wonderful her leaving you practically all her money? And just what might have been expected. She was ...
— Old Crow • Alice Brown


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