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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. make tight or tighter;
- Example: "Tighten the wire"
[syn: tighten, fasten]

2. become tight or tighter;
- Example: "The rope tightened"

3. restrict;
- Example: "Tighten the rules"
- Example: "stiffen the regulations"
[syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain]

4. narrow or limit;
- Example: "reduce the influx of foreigners"
[syn: reduce, tighten]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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