tauten
firm
taut
tautologicalness
unbend
tautness
relax
tautologism
tautomery
sharpen
stiffen
tautologous
tense
strain
narrow
constringe
constrict
tautologic
tautly
slacken
break
tighten
tautening
soften
wonky
ligatured
tight
coarsen
moldy
tautology
pick up the slack
puncture
take up the slack
introversion
fasten
invagination
acuminate
fold up
indurated
overtautness
high-tension
tautological
fold
elongate
curl up
flexuousness
sharpened
lax
indent
slacken off
piano
loll
twirly
droop
lancinating
nontautological
tautologize
untucked
tattered
frow
loosen
tensible
loose
coil up
untautological
switchbladed
twist
laniary
tautologically
pluck
crinkle
slack
trimery
wrinkle
stiffen up
crease
glaze
uncrisp
rumple
crumple
keen
knot
exquisite
brawny
quill
etiolate
tautologous
tautologic
tense
wonky
ligatured
tight
moldy
indurated
high-tension
tautological
sharpened
lax
twirly
lancinating
nontautological
untucked
tattered
frow
tensible
untautological
switchbladed
laniary
loose
slack
keen
exquisite
brawny
tautly
tautologically
tautologicalness
tautness
tautologism
tautomery
tautening
tautology
introversion
invagination
overtautness
flexuousness
twist
pluck
trimery
tauten
firm
taut
unbend
relax
sharpen
stiffen
tense
strain
narrow
constringe
constrict
slacken
break
tighten
soften
coarsen
pick up the slack
puncture
take up the slack
fasten
acuminate
fold up
fold
elongate
curl up
indent
slacken off
piano
loll
droop
tautologize
loosen
loose
coil up
crinkle
wrinkle
stiffen up
crease
glaze
uncrisp
rumple
crumple
knot
quill
etiolate
verb
adj
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- strong and sure
- not subject to revision or change
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- securely established
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
- securely fixed in place
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
adv
noun
verb
adj
- Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
- Experiencing anxiety or stress.
- Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
- Strong; uncompromising.
- Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
- Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
verb
- become stretched or tense or taut
- increase the tension on
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
adj
- taut or rigid; stretched tight
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
noun
verb
- become stretched or tense or taut
- to exert much effort or energy
- test the limits of
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
- remove by passing through a filter
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender
- alter the shape of (something) by stress
noun
- (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- an intense or violent exertion
- the act of singing
adj
adv
verb
- pierce or penetrate
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- break a piece from a whole
- become punctured or penetrated
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- undergo breaking
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- the occurrence of breaking
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
adj
- Under high tension; taut.
- Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
- Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- Unyielding or firm.
- Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
- Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
- Extraordinarily great or special.
- Not conceding many goals.
- Intimate, close, close-knit.
- A car with understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- Of a player, who plays very few hands.
- Intimately friendly.
- Angry or irritated.
- Miserly or frugal.
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
- Mean; unfair; unkind.
- Scarce, hard to come by.
- Limited or restricted.
adv
adj
noun
verb
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
- To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
- To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
- To be cut, notched, or dented.
noun
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
- A stamp; an impression.
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
verb
- become loose or looser or less tight
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- turn loose or free from restraint
- make loose or looser
adj
- not tense or taut
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- not officially recognized or controlled
- not literal
- emptying easily or excessively
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- not carefully arranged in a package
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
adj
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- not affixed
adv
noun
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A twisting force.
- The form given in twisting.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- A small roll of tobacco.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- A girl, a woman.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
verb
- To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
- To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
- In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
- To turn a knob etc.
- To join together by twining one part around another.
- To wind into; to insinuate.
- To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
- To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
- To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
- To cause to rotate.
- To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
- To coax.
- To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
adj
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
verb
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- release tension on
- make less active or fast
- become slow or slower
- make less active or intense
- become less in amount or intensity
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
noun
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
verb
- To become glazed or glassy.
- To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
- To install windows.
noun
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
- Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
verb
noun
- a tight cluster of people or things
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- something twisted and tight and swollen
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
verb
- To pierce or be pierced with quills.
- To subject (a woman who is giving birth) to the practice of quilling (blowing pepper into her nose to induce or hasten labor).
- To decorate with quillwork.
- To form fabric into small, rounded folds.
- To write.
noun
- Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- A thin piece of bark, especially of cinnamon or cinchona, curled up into a tube.
- The tube of a musical instrument.
- A pen made from a feather.
- A sharply pointed, barbed, and easily detached needle-like structure that grows on the skin of a porcupine or hedgehog as a defense against predators.
- The pen of a squid.
- Any pen.
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