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1 tighten
أَحْكَمَ الرَّبط \ tighten: to make or become tight: Tighten this knot. \ اِشْتَدّ \ tighten: to become tight: His grip on my arm tightened. -
2 tighten
شَدَّ \ fasten: to fix or be fixed firmly: Fasten those buttons. fix: make firm; fasten: The lamp is fixed to the wall. pull: (the opposite of push) to draw (sth.) towards oneself: Pull the rope to ring the bell. Don’t pull so hard, or you’ll break it. tie: to fasten or bind (with rope, etc.): They tied the prisoner’s hands. He tied his horse to a tree. I tied a knot in the rope (or I tied the rope in a knot). tighten: to make or become tight: Tighten this knot. \ See Also ربط (رَبَطَ) -
3 tighten
ضَيَّقَ \ narrow: to make: The road narrows beyond the bridge. tighten: to make tight: Tighten this knot. -
4 tighten
verbto make or become tight or tighter.يَشُد، يُحْكِم الإغْلاق -
5 tighten one's belt
to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living:يَشُد الحِزام، يُنْزِلُ مُسْتَوى المَعيشَهIf the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.
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6 Tighten Up Jam
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7 wring, squeeze; jam; tighten
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8 конопатить заклепочный
Русско-английский технический словарь > конопатить заклепочный
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9 разгерметизировать
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10 завернуть
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11 завертывать
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12 затягивание
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13 натягивать
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14 робити суворішим
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15 perkokoh
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16 (u)těsnit
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17 притегнува
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18 òétta, herîa
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19 подтягивать
Русско-английский исловарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства > подтягивать
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20 делать непроницаемым
Русско-английский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям > делать непроницаемым
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tighten — UK [ˈtaɪt(ə)n] / US or tighten up UK / US verb Word forms tighten : present tense I/you/we/they tighten he/she/it tightens present participle tightening past tense tightened past participle tightened Word forms tighten up : present tense… … English dictionary
Tighten Up — may refer to: Tighten Up (Archie Bell the Drells album) Tighten Up (Archie Bell the Drells song) Tighten Up (Electronic song) Tighten Up (The Black Keys song) Tighten Up, a 1960s series of reggae compilation albums issued by Trojan Records See… … Wikipedia
tighten — UK US /ˈtaɪtən/ verb [I or T] ► (also tighten up) GOVERNMENT, LAW to make a rule, system, or law stronger and more difficult to ignore: tighten controls/rules/regulation »There were renewed calls to tighten controls on imported products. ►… … Financial and business terms
Tighten — Tight en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tightening}.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. [1913 Webster] Just where I please, with tightened rein I ll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tighten — index adhere (fasten), constrict (compress) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tighten — (v.) to make tight, 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight, from O.E. tyhtan, from the root of TIGHT (Cf. tight). Related: Tightened; tightening … Etymology dictionary
tighten — [v] constrict bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, fix, grip, harden, narrow, pinch, pressure, rigidify, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, strain, strangle, stretch, tauten, tense, toughen; concepts 250 … New thesaurus
tighten — [tīt′ n] vt., vi. to make or become tight or tighter tightener n … English World dictionary
tighten — [[t]ta͟ɪt(ə)n[/t]] tightens, tightening, tightened 1) V ERG If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely. [V n] Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder... [V prep] Her… … English dictionary
tighten — tight|en [ˈtaıtn] v also tighten up 1.) [T] to close or fasten something firmly by turning it ≠ ↑loosen ▪ Tighten the screws firmly. ▪ I d put the new tyre on, but I hadn t tightened up the wheel. 2.) [I and T] if you tighten a rope, wire etc, or … Dictionary of contemporary English
tighten — tight|en [ taıtn ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to turn something such as a screw or cover until it is tight and you cannot turn it any more 2. ) transitive to pull something such as a rope or belt until it is straighter or fits more tightly around… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English