tauten
Verb
1. become taut or tauter; "Yur muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
(synonym) firm
(hypernym) tighten
2. make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
(synonym) firm
(hypernym) tighten, fasten
tauen
v.
tow, pull, drag; thaw, be defrosted, be softened, melt
tauten
Synonyms and related words:
continue, crank, crank in, drag out, draw, draw in, draw out, draw taut, elongate, extend, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, reel, reel in, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, tackle, tense, tighten, trim, winch, wind in, windlass
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
tauten
TAUTEN
TENDERE. TIRARE. IRRIGIDIRE. TENDERSI. IRRIGIDIRSI