Tauten

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make taut; to taut. transitive

    "Tauten the rope."

  2. 2
    make taut or tauter wordnet
  3. 3
    To become taut. ergative

    "The rope tautened."

  4. 4
    become taut or tauter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
apply tensioningcontinuecrankcrank indrag outdraw

Etymology

From taut + -en.

More for "tauten"

Synonyms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsBrowse writing guidesExplore topic clusters