Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tighten up
Participle: tightened up
Gerund: tightening up
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | tighten up |
| you | tighten up |
| he;she;it | tightens up |
| we | tighten up |
| you | tighten up |
| they | tighten up |
Perfect
| I | have tightened up |
| you | have tightened up |
| he;she;it | has tightened up |
| we | have tightened up |
| you | have tightened up |
| they | have tightened up |
Past
| I | tightened up |
| you | tightened up |
| he;she;it | tightened up |
| we | tightened up |
| you | tightened up |
| they | tightened up |
Pluperfect
| I | had tightened up |
| you | had tightened up |
| he;she;it | had tightened up |
| we | had tightened up |
| you | had tightened up |
| they | had tightened up |
Future
| I | will tighten up |
| you | will tighten up |
| he;she;it | will tighten up |
| we | will tighten up |
| you | will tighten up |
| they | will tighten up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tightened up |
| you | will have tightened up |
| he;she;it | will have tightened up |
| we | will have tightened up |
| you | will have tightened up |
| they | will have tightened up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tighten up |
| you | tighten up |
| he;she;it | tighten up |
| we | tighten up |
| you | tighten up |
| they | tighten up |
Perfect
| I | have tightened up |
| you | have tightened up |
| he;she;it | have tightened up |
| we | have tightened up |
| you | have tightened up |
| they | have tightened up |
Imperfect
| I | tightened up |
| you | tightened up |
| he;she;it | tightened up |
| we | tightened up |
| you | tightened up |
| they | tightened up |
Pluperfect
| I | had tightened up |
| you | had tightened up |
| he;she;it | had tightened up |
| we | had tightened up |
| you | had tightened up |
| they | had tightened up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tighten up |
| you | would tighten up |
| he;she;it | would tighten up |
| we | would tighten up |
| you | would tighten up |
| they | would tighten up |
Perfect
| I | would have tightened up |
| you | would have tightened up |
| he;she;it | would have tightened up |
| we | would have tightened up |
| you | would have tightened up |
| they | would have tightened up |
Imperative
| you | tighten up |
| we | Let's tighten up |
| you | tighten up |
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)