Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tighten
Participle: tightened
Gerund: tightening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | tighten |
| you | tighten |
| he;she;it | tightens |
| we | tighten |
| you | tighten |
| they | tighten |
Perfect
| I | have tightened |
| you | have tightened |
| he;she;it | has tightened |
| we | have tightened |
| you | have tightened |
| they | have tightened |
Past
| I | tightened |
| you | tightened |
| he;she;it | tightened |
| we | tightened |
| you | tightened |
| they | tightened |
Pluperfect
| I | had tightened |
| you | had tightened |
| he;she;it | had tightened |
| we | had tightened |
| you | had tightened |
| they | had tightened |
Future
| I | will tighten |
| you | will tighten |
| he;she;it | will tighten |
| we | will tighten |
| you | will tighten |
| they | will tighten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tightened |
| you | will have tightened |
| he;she;it | will have tightened |
| we | will have tightened |
| you | will have tightened |
| they | will have tightened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tighten |
| you | tighten |
| he;she;it | tighten |
| we | tighten |
| you | tighten |
| they | tighten |
Perfect
| I | have tightened |
| you | have tightened |
| he;she;it | have tightened |
| we | have tightened |
| you | have tightened |
| they | have tightened |
Imperfect
| I | tightened |
| you | tightened |
| he;she;it | tightened |
| we | tightened |
| you | tightened |
| they | tightened |
Pluperfect
| I | had tightened |
| you | had tightened |
| he;she;it | had tightened |
| we | had tightened |
| you | had tightened |
| they | had tightened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tighten |
| you | would tighten |
| he;she;it | would tighten |
| we | would tighten |
| you | would tighten |
| they | would tighten |
Perfect
| I | would have tightened |
| you | would have tightened |
| he;she;it | would have tightened |
| we | would have tightened |
| you | would have tightened |
| they | would have tightened |
Imperative
| you | tighten |
| we | Let's tighten |
| you | tighten |
Verbs conjugated like 'tighten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tighten'
lighten,
nighten,
righten,
sighten,
blighten,
brighten,
frighten,
heighten,
highen,
lighter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make tighter
- bind, brace, cinch, clench, constrict, squeeze, taughten, tauten, tense
- squeeze
- secure, anchor, compress, constrict, clench, tense, rigidify
Antonyms
- to make tighter
- divide, liberate, loosen
- to make something loose
- loosen
Additional Information
Etymology
1. "to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply
tight, from O.E.
tyhtan, from the root of tight.
2. Synchronically equivalent to tight + -en, but actually derived from Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan, thus originally unrelated to tight (Old English *þiht). See: Old English '
tyhtan'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] knew who it was; and shuddered, with creeping horror, though the face was veiled. Then he thought he felt _that hair_ twining round his fingers; and then, that it slid smoothly round his neck, and tightened and tightened, and he could not draw his breath; and then he thought voices _whispered_ to him,—whispers that chilled him with horror. Then it seemed to him he was on the edge of a frightful [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] shuddered, with creeping horror, though the face was veiled. Then he thought he felt _that hair_ twining round his fingers; and then, that it slid smoothly round his neck, and tightened and tightened, and he could not draw his breath; and then he thought voices _whispered_ to him,—whispers that chilled him with horror. Then it seemed to him he was on the edge of a frightful abyss, holding on and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)