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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tighten
    v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten,
         fasten]
    2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
    3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
       [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain]
    4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn:
       reduce, tighten]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tighten \Tight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Tightening.]
   To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any
   manner.
   [1913 Webster]

         Just where I please, with tightened rein
         I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.    --Fawkes.
   [1913 Webster]

   Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is
      forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for tighten:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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