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  Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Tightening.]
     To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
     manner.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Just where I please, with tightened rein
           I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.    --Fawkes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
        forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
        [1913 Webster]

  Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Tightening.]
     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.

  tighten
       v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: fasten]
       2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
       3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
          [syn: stiffen, tighten up, constrain]
       4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce]

  tighten
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) σφίγγω, τεντώνω
     2 (ετ οικονομία en) κάνω κάτι πιο αυστηρός

  tighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make tighter.

  tighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make tighter.

  tighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make tighter.

  tighten
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To make tighter.

  tighten
     Englanti vb.
     1 kiristää
     2 kiristyä

  tighten
     Engelska vb.
     spänna

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/
  aandraai

  Tighten /tˈaɪtən/
  شدّ

  tighten //ˈtaɪ.tən// /[ˈtʰaɪ̯.ʔn̩]/ 
  1. опъвам се, стягам се
  to become tighter
  2. опъвам, стягам
  to make tighter

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  přitáhnutí

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  upevnit

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  upnout

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  utáhnout

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  napnout

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  utěsnit

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  utáhnutí

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  tynhau 

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  sich straffen, sich spannen , enger werden 
   see: tightening, tightened
  

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  anschlagen
           Note: mit dem Hammer
           Note: prop wedges

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/
  
  σφίγγω

  tighten //ˈtaɪ.tən// /[ˈtʰaɪ̯.ʔn̩]/ 
  1. kiristyä, tiukentua
  to become tighter
  2. kiristää
  to make money harder to obtain
  3. kiristää, tiukentaa
  to make tighter
  4. korottaa, nostaa korkoa
  to raise interest rate

  tighten /taitn/
  serrer

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  1. कसना
        "You tighten the string with a screw."

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/
  brtviti, pritegnuti, pričvrstiti, stezati, učvrstiti, zategnuti se

  tighten /taitn/
  su(si)traukti, suspausti

  tighten /taitn/
  1. aantrekken, strakker aantrekken
  2. aandraaien

  tighten /ˈtaɪtən/ 
   1.  zaciskać się, zaciskać
   2.  naprężać się, naprężać
   3. tighten up /tˈaɪtən ˈʌp/  naciągać
   4. tighten up /tˈaɪtən ˈʌp/  wzmacniać, zaostrzać

  tighten /taitn/
  apretar

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/ 
  
  kaza

  tighten /tˈaɪtən/
  1. sıkıştırmak
  2. sıkışmak
  3. gerginleşmek. tighten one' belt kemeri sıkmak.

  
/ˈtaɪtən/

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "tighten":
     affix, anchor, annex, attach, back, belay, box, box in, box up,
     brace, cement, cinch, circumscribe, clamp, clinch, close, compress,
     confine, continue, cramp, crank, crank in, crush, drag out, draw,
     draw in, draw out, draw taut, elongate, engraft, ensphere, extend,
     fasten, fix, graft, grapple, hem, hem in, keep from spreading,
     keep within bounds, knit, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, limit,
     localize, make fast, moor, narrow, nip, pinch, press, produce,
     prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, put to, qualify,
     reel, reel in, reinforce, restrict, rigidify, screw up, secure,
     set, set to, shore up, spin out, squeeze, stiffen, stint, strain,
     strengthen, stretch, stretch out, string out, tackle, tauten,
     tense, trice up, trim, tweak, wad up, winch, wind in, windlass
  
  

  v. 勒紧,坚固;

     vt. 勒紧,使变紧
     vi. 变紧,绷紧