tauten

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    become taut or tauter
    make taut or tauter

Word Origin

tauten (v.)
"to make taut," 1814, from taut + -en (1). Intransitive meaning "become taut" is from 1849. Related: Tautened; tautening.

Example

1. I suddenly felt the fishing line tauten .
2. A type of lacquer formerly used to protect , waterproof , and tauten .

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