Synonym: firm, rigid, stiff, tense, tight. Similar words: auto, autonomy, authority, automatic, authorize, automobile, automatically. Meaning: [tɔːt] 
adj. 1. pulled or drawn tight 2. subjected to great tension; stretched tight.
adj. 1. pulled or drawn tight 2. subjected to great tension; stretched tight. 121) Here is a patient demonstrating the taut and shiny skin typical of sclerodactyly.
122) Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.