tighten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tighten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tighten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tighten v make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten] become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" Synonym(s): stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" Synonym(s): reduce, tighten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. --Fawkes. {Tightening pulley} (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.