Tauten (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The old parachute's strings tautened as the wearer jumped off the cliff.
- The athlete's muscles tautened in anticipation as he prepared to sprint.
- Her face tautened into a scowl as she examined the ripped fabric.
- As she held the reins of the nervous horse, the leather straps tautened beneath her grip.
- Her lips tautened into a disapproving line when she heard the unkind remark.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The sailor had to tauten the sail to maximize the wind's power and speed up the boat.
- She carefully tightened the line to tauten it, securing the anchor in place.
- The mountaineer checked to ensure the rope was properly secured, then began to tauten the slack.
- After a few hours of intense excitement and stress, she needed a breather to tauten her nerves.
- He began to tauten the string on his guitar, making sure the tension was just right for playing.