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tense::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tense
verb
/tɛns/
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
Type Words
Synonyms strain, tense up
Type of affect
Has types extend, stretch
Derivation tension


he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up.

tense::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tense
verb
/tɛns/
become stretched or tense or taut
Type Words
Synonyms strain
Type of tighten
Derivation tension


the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed.

tense::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tense
verb
/tɛns/
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
Type Words
Synonyms tense up
Type of turn, change state
Derivation tensor, tension


He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room.

tense::noun | Spocien Dictionary

tense
noun
/tɛns/
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Type Words
Type of grammatical category, syntactic category
Has types future tense, aorist, imperfect, imperfect tense, past, past tense, perfect, perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense, present, present tense, progressive, progressive tense, continuous tense, future

tense::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tense
verb
/tɛns/
increase the tension on
Type Words
Type of alter, modify, change
Derivation tension


alternately relax and tense your calf muscle.
tense the rope manually before tensing the spring.

tense::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

tense
adjective
/tɛns/
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
Type Words
Derivation tenseness

tense::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

tense
adjective
/tɛns/
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
Type Words

tense::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

tense
adjective
/tɛns/
taut or rigid; stretched tight
Type Words
Derivation tensity, tenseness


tense piano strings.
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