tauten, v.
(tautened, tautening, tautens)
(tautened, tautening, tautens)
make taut or tauter
<verb.change>
firm tauten
sample sentences
"tauten a rope"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
become taut or tauter
<verb.change>
firm tauten
sample sentences
"Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly""the rope tautened"
verb frames
Something ----sverb frames
Something ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym