pulled or drawn tight
subjected to great tension; stretched tight
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
become stretched or tense or taut
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
increase the tension on
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
taut or rigid; stretched tight
