Similar words: lightening, brightening, frightening, frighteningly, tighten, tightened, benighted, lighten. Meaning: ['taɪtn] 
n. the act of making something tighter.
n. the act of making something tighter. 
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1 The brake cable needs tightening up.
2 The government is tightening up public security.
3 The police are tightening the net around the smugglers.
4 The police are tightening up on drunken driving.
5 Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder.
6 Businesses were tightening their belts and cutting jobs.
7 The police are tightening up on under-age drinking.
8 The new measures are aimed at tightening existing sanctions.
9 The government responded by tightening the law on gun ownership.
10 The two major companies have been tightening their stranglehold on the beer market.
11 The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope.
12 By 1979 South Africa was tightening its grip on Namibia.
13 This screw needs tightening.
14 Pythons kill by tightening their coils so that their victim cannot breathe.
15 Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe.
16 All it took was tightening a nut.
17 She could feel, too, the Communists tightening their control.
18 Tightening credit might bring on disaster, he said.
19 Lisa was instantly aware of her muscles tightening.
20 Frank said, his lips tightening.
21 I felt a tightening in my chest.
22 Will the bond market deliver the Fed from tightening?
23 The noose is tightening around young Ma.
24 This will prevent the seam from tightening up with the result that it could be shorter than the surrounding fabric.
25 The southern states now relied on tightening enforcement measures already on the statute books and increasing the alertness of the patrols.
26 These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening.
27 There's too much travel on the brake, it needs tightening.
28 It may still avoid one,[www.Sentencedict.com] by luck or by a decisive further tightening now.
29 The valley of the White Kielder Burn steepened again as I trudged north, its curves tightening.
30 He specialises in removing bags under the eyes and tightening the eyelids to produce a more youthful look.
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