tighten
verbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈtaɪ.tən//
- /[ˈtʰaɪ̯tn̩]/
- /[ˈtʰaɪ̯ʔn̩]/
To make tighter.
verbe
- 1
To make tighter.
Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
Just where I please, with tighten;d rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
- 2
To become tighter.
That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
- 3
To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- 4
To raise short-term interest rates.
The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.
Étymologie
Synchronically equivalent to tight + -en, but actually derived from Middle English tighten, from Old English tyhtan, thus originally unrelated to tight (Old English *þiht).
Formes
- passé
- tightened
- participe passé
- tightened
- participe présent
- tightening
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- tightens