tighten

“Tighten the wire”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; frap
take up the slack of; firm, tauten
make taut or tauter; screw
tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; wind, wind up
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

“The rope tightened”

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; constrict, constringe, narrow
become tight or as if tight; firm, tauten
become taut or tauter; compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze
squeeze or press together; strain, tense
become stretched or tense or taut; choke, strangle
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing; prim
contract one's lips; astringe
become constricted or compressed; strangulate
become constricted; astringe
constrict or bind or draw together; strangulate
constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air; convulse
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; convulse
cause to contract; bear down, overbear
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery; choke, fret, gag
be too tight; rub or press; choke, scrag
wring the neck of

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

“Tighten the rules”

Type of:: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
place limits on (extent or access)

Type of:: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
place limits on (extent or access)

DEFINITIONS OF: tighten