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tighten

English

  1. 🔊 become tight or tighter
    “The rope tightened”
  2. 🔊 make tight or tighter
    “Tighten the wire”
  3. 🔊 narrow or limit
    “reduce the influx of foreigners”
  4. 🔊 severely restrict in scope or extent
    “tighten the rules”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 atiesar to tighten
  2. 🔊 atirantar to tighten
  3. 🔊 afianzar to tighten, strengthen
  4. 🔊 apretar to tighten, constrict or compress
  5. 🔊 reforzar to tighten, to tighten up (e.g. security, regulations)

Similar words

reduce stiffen tighten up constrain fasten affix anchor annex attach back belay box box in box up brace cement cinch circumscribe clamp clinch close compress confine continue