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tawt
/tˈɔːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "taut"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϟāĻžāύ, āφāρāϟāĻž

stretched firmly without slack
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She adjusted the canvas until it was perfectly taut across the frame.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϟāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϟāĻžāύ, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤ

(especially of nerves or muscles) under strain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His taut expression revealed the pressure he was under.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ, āϟāĻžāύāϟāĻžāύ

(of writing, music, etc.) sharply focused and with no unnecessary elements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her novel was praised for its taut prose and emotional clarity.
āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāύāϟāĻžāύ āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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