drawing tight

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• tight — 1 Tight, taut, tense are comparable chiefly in their basic senses in which they mean drawn or stretched to the point where there is no looseness or slackness. Tight implies a drawing around or about something in a way that constricts or binds it… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• stringent — /ˈstrɪndʒənt / (say strinjuhnt) adjective 1. narrowly binding; rigorously exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.; *Now they were assessing him and she panicked for a moment, wondering if he would pass their stringent criterion. –maureen… …  

• lace — lacelike, adj. lacer, n. /lays/, n., v., laced, lacing. n. 1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine. 2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges. 3. ornamental cord… …   Universalium

• World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …   Universalium

• lace — [[t]leɪs[/t]] n. v. laced, lac•ing 1) tex a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine 2) tex a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges 3) ornamental cord or braid 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

• lace — /leɪs / (say lays) noun 1. a net like ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine. 2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges: shoelaces. 3. ornamental cord or braid, as on… …  

• USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) — was a Lapwing class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.The first Whippoorwill to be so named by the Navy, Minesweeper No. 35 was laid down …   Wikipedia

• striction — /ˈstrɪkʃən/ (say strikshuhn) noun the act of drawing tight, constricting, or straining. {Latin strictio} …  

• striction — [strik′shən] n. [L strictio: see STRICT] the act of drawing tight; constriction …   English World dictionary

• stric|tion — «STRIHK shuhn», noun. a drawing tight; constriction. ╂[< Latin strictiō, ōnis < strictus; see etym. under strict (Cf. ↑strict)] …   Useful english dictionary

• Glossary of poker terms — The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the Glossary of card terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal …   Wikipedia