HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tighten
/ˈtaɪtən/
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What does tighten mean?
verb
- To make tighter.
- To become tighter.
- To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
More meanings (1)
verb
- To raise short-term interest rates.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtaɪtən/
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We are their lords, or they are free of us, Just as we tighten or relax that hold.
And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat.
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It is useless to drop the physical contraction if the indignation is going to rise and tighten us all up again.
There, there it dangles,--where's the little truth That can for long keep footing under that When its slack syllables tighten to a thought?
Perhaps its opposition wire is too tight, in which case slacken it, and possibly you will find that will tighten the slack wire.