tauten

English

Etymology

taut +‎ -en

Verb

tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)

  1. (transitive) To make taut; to taut.
    Tauten the rope.
  2. (ergative) To become taut.
    The rope tautened.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

tauten

  1. inflection of tauen:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II
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