Crossword-Solution: TIGHTEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tighten | v. t. | To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AZEMCE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with TIGHTEN (5)
The lioness had taken but half her second bound when she felt the rope tighten about her neck; her body turned completely over in the air and she fell with a heavy crash upon her back.
There were a frightful lot of screws to tighten before the thing would work, but at last he said it was ready, and they shambled off down the street, the figure marching stiffly between them.
The two knights rode slowly back to the head of the lists, where the Discarded was seen to dismount and tighten his girth.
But no sooner had her feet ceased to be in contact with the black pedestal, than she shuddered and trembled all over; then, writhing from my arms, before I could tighten their hold, she sprang into the corridor, with the reproachful cry, “You should not have touched me!” darted behind one of the exterior pillars of the circle, and disappeared.
All were covered by the guns of the boarding party--the still forms of two of their companions bearing eloquent witness to the slenderness of provocation necessary to tighten the trigger fingers of the beasts standing guard over them.
Quotes with TIGHTEN (3)
I hugged him without any kind of fear or self-consciousness, fiercely, with a rush of emotion that almost brought tears to my eyes." I could kiss you!" Chubs cried." Please don't!" I gasp out, feeling his arms tighten around my ribs to the point of cracking them.
And then to Leo’s surprise, Catherine smiled at him. A sweet, natural, brilliant smile, the first she had ever given him. Leo felt his chest tighten, and he went hot all over, as if some euphoric drug had gone straight to his nervous system. It felt like … happiness. He remembered happiness from a long time ago. He didn’t want to feel it. And yet the giddy warmth kept washing over him for no reason whatsoever.“Thank you,” Catherine said, the smile still hovering on her lips. …
Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly." We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (2002–2025).