āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to tighten
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϧāϰāĻž
to hold, fasten, or turn something firmly
Transitive: to tighten sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He used a wrench to tighten the bolts on the machine.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻŦāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to become more firm, secure, or constricted
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The knot in the rope gradually tightened as he pulled it, making it more difficult to untie.
āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to impose restriction or implementing measures to increase effectiveness
Transitive: to tighten an activity or measure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In an effort to combat cheating, the school administration tightened its examination procedures.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āϞāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tightening
tighten
tight
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