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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
tight
adv 1: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was
stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight]
2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[syn: close, closely, tight]
adj 1: closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
"tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars";
"fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his
chest" [ant: loose]
2: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a
tight rope" [syn: taut, tight]
3: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration;
"in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
4: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn:
compressed, tight]
5: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative
of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly
tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight]
6: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money";
"a tight market"
7: of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight
roof"; "warm in our tight little house" [ant: leaky]
8: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very
tight weave" [syn: close, tight]
9: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are
tight"
10: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close
contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close,
tight]
11: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed,
pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed,
smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy,
stiff, tight, wet]
12: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty
problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight
situation" [syn: nasty, tight]
13: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
"rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety
measures" [syn: rigorous, stringent, tight]
14: packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little
group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tie \Tie\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied(Obs. Tight); p. pr. &
vb. n. Tying.] [OE. ti?en, teyen, AS. t[imac]gan,
ti['e]gan, fr. te['a]g, te['a]h, a rope; akin to Icel. taug,
and AS. te['o]n to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf.
Tow to drag.]
1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the
kine to the cart." --1 Sam. vi. 7.
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My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother: bind them continually
upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
--Prov. vi.
20,21.
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2. To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord;
also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord
to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with
an intention to puzzle the argument." --Bp. Burnet.
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3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
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In bond of virtuous love together tied. --Fairfax.
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4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as
by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
confine.
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Not tied to rules of policy, you find
Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. --Dryden.
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5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved
line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
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6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even
with.
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To ride and tie. See under Ride.
To tie down.
(a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising.
(b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion
or action.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tight \Tight\, v. t.
To tighten. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tight \Tight\ (t[imac]t), obs.
p. p. of Tie. --Spenser.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Tight \Tight\, a. [Compar. Tighter (t[imac]t"[~e]r); superl.
Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t[aum]t: akin to
D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive,
or to thick. Cf. Taut.]
1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as,
tight cloth; a tight knot.
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2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other
fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight
room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of
a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
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3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat
or other garment.
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4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
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Clad very plain, but clean and tight. --Evelyn.
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I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
--Gay.
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5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his
dealings. [Colloq.]
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6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to
a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
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7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] --Shak.
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8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
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9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear;
-- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
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Thesaurus Results for Tight:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, afflicted, airtight, all ataunto, anal, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, aposiopestic, arduous, ataunt, austere, autocratic, avaricious, ballproof, bent, binding, boiled, bombed, bombproof, bonded, boozy, brief, brusque, bulletproof, bungup and bilge-free, burglarproof, canned, cemented, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, circumscribed, clipped, close, close-fitting, closefisted, closely, cockeyed, cockeyed drunk, compact, compactly, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, confined, connected, consecutive, consistent, constricted, continuous, contracted, corrosionproof, cramp, cramped, crisp, critical, crocked, crocko, crowded, curt, cut, dampproof, dangerous, dear, dense, densely, difficult, dinky, distressing, disturbing, docked, dragged out, drawn, drawn out, drunk, drunken, dustproof, dusttight, elevated, elliptic, elongated, epigrammatic, exacting, exiguous, expensive, extended, fast, fastened, fire-resisting, fireproof, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flameproof, foolproof, fried, fuddled, gasproof, gastight, glued, gnomic, half-seas over, hard and fast, hardfisted, harsh, hazardous, hermetic, hermetically sealed, high, holeproof, illiberal, illuminated, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, impervious to, incapacious, incommodious, inebriated, inflexible, infrequent, inseparably, intoxicated, isthmian, isthmic, jammed, joined, laconic, leakproof, lengthened, lightproof, lighttight, limited, lit, lit up, loaded, lubricated, lushy, meager, mean, mingy, miserly, muzzy, narrow, near, neat, niggardly, noiseproof, oiled, oilproof, oiltight, orderly, organized, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, perilous, pickled, piddling, pie-eyed, pinchfisted, pinching, pissed, pissy-eyed, pithy, plastered, pointed, pokerlike, polluted, poor, potted, precarious, problematic, prolongated, prolonged, proof, proof against, protracted, pruned, pulled, punctureproof, punishing, raddled, rainproof, raintight, ramrodlike, rare, renitent, reserved, resistant, restricted, restrictive, rigid, rigorous, risky, rodlike, rough, rustproof, save-all, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrimping, scrimpy, sealed, secure, secured, securely, seldom met with, seldom seen, sententious, sequent, sequential, serial, set, severe, shatterproof, shellacked, shellproof, shipshape, short, short and sweet, shortened, shut fast, skimping, skimpy, skintight, skunk-drunk, sleek, slender, slick, slim, smart, smashed, smokeproof, smoketight, snug, soaked, solid, solidly, soundproof, soused, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, spruce, spun out, squiffy, starched, starchy, staunch, steadfast, steadfastly, stern, stewed, sticky, stiff, stiff as buckram, stingy, stinko, stormproof, stormtight, straggling, strained, strait, stretched, stretched out, strict, stringent, strung out, stuck, succinct, summary, swacked, synopsized, taciturn, tanked, taped, taut, tenacious, tense, terse, thick, thin, ticklish, tiddly, tidy, tight-fisted, tightened, tightfisted, tightly, tipsy, to the point, touch-and-go, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky, trig, trim, truncated, trying, uncompromising, under the influence, ungenerous, uninterrupted, unrelaxed, unyielding, upsetting, virgate, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, weatherproof, wedged, well-cared-for, well-groomed, windproof, windtight, woozy |
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Common Misspellings > |
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