Synonym: rigid, strained, taut, tight. Antonym: flabby. Similar words: intense, sense, dense, incense, offense, license, expense, defense. Meaning: [tens] 
n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. v. 1. become stretched or tense or taught 2. increase the tension on 3. become tense, nervous, or uneasy 4. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. adj. 1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') 3. taut or rigid; stretched tight.
n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. v. 1. become stretched or tense or taught 2. increase the tension on 3. become tense, nervous, or uneasy 4. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. adj. 1. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension 2. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') 3. taut or rigid; stretched tight. 
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(31) Verbs inflect for tense and person.
(32) How do you say that in the future tense?
(33) He's a very tense person.
(34) Learn how to relax tense muscles.
(35) He read the letter with a tense anxiety.
(36) Do you know how to form the past tense?
(37) The verb is in the present tense.
(38) Tense up the muscles in both of your legs.
(39) A tense silence had settled over the waiting crowd.
(40) There's no point in getting tense about the situation.
(41) The weeks following the riots were extremely tense.
(42) Is anything wrong? You look a little tense.
(43) The tense atmosphere made everybody suffocate.
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(45) The atmosphere at home was rather tense.
(46) If your muscles are tense, blood cannot circulate freely .
(47) The players were tense at the start of the game.
(48) In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.
(49) Hendry won the world snooker title after a tense 35-frame final.
(50) While the politicians talk of peace, the situation on the ground remains tense.
(51) At the moment, the situation in Haiti is very tense.
(52) For a few tense minutes, the astronauts lost radio contact with mission control.
(53) "Do I look as if I am jesting?" she asked, her face pale and tense.
(54) Why is it doctor that I am always so nervy, tense and ready to jump on anybody.
(55) I think her husband must be dead - she always talks about him in the past tense.
(56) Massage is great if your neck and back are tense.
(57) The spirited mood on Friday was in sharp contrast to the tense atmosphere last week.
(58) She seemed nervous or tense, and she was definitely short with me.
(59) Never had she seen him so tense, so quick to take offence as he had been in recent weeks.
(60) It had been a tense, restless day with people crowding her all the time.
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