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tauten

[ tawt-n ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become taut.


tauten

/ ˈ³Ùɔ˳ÙÉ™²Ô /

verb

  1. to make or become taut or tense
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tauten1

First recorded in 1805–15; taut + -en 1
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But this season moves with an icier malevolence than seasons past, and its focus has narrowed and tautened.

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“The Guilty†is smartly constructed and tautened with regular twists, but, if it were merely clever, it wouldn’t test your nerves as it does.

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Every nerve in his body seemed to tauten: He pulled out his wand, moved into the shadows beside the decapitated elf heads, and waited.

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At 9pm the sun went down behind the rig, quite spectacularly, and after that the tow-lines between Winner and her tugs visibly tautened.

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For the big picture, Morlot tautened the massive climax at the beginning of the recapitulation.

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