The meaning of TIGHTEN is to make tight or tighter. How to use tighten in a sentence.

In theory any level of environmental improvement or spending can be achieved by manipulating property rights or tightening environmental standards. In any case the inclusion of conditions …

Tight clothes or shoes are rather small and fit closely to your body. His jeans were too tight. He buttoned his collar tightly round his thick neck. If you hold someone or something tight, you …

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6 days ago · Just where I please, with tighten;d rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. (intransitive) To become tighter. That joint is tightening as the wood dries. (economics) To …

Idioms tighten one's belt, to respond to difficult times by reducing one's spending: The family had to tighten their belts so the children could go to college. to make or become tight or tighter. …

Stretched or drawn out fully: a tight wire; a tight drumhead. 3. Of such close construction as to be impermeable: cloth tight enough to hold water; warm in our tight little cabin. 4. a. Leaving little …

Tighten definition: to make or become tight or tighter.. See examples of TIGHTEN used in a sentence.

Definition of tighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

• Keeping your body upright and tummy pulled in tight, draw the raised leg across the body, leading with the ankle.