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Noun tightening has 1 sense
- tightening - the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
--1 is a kind of alteration, modification, adjustment
Antonyms: loosening, laxation
--1 has particulars: take-up
Verb tighten has 4 senses
- tighten, fasten - make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
--2 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
--3 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- reduce, tighten - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
--4 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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