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third-person singular simple present tightens, present participle tightening, simple past and past participle tightened
(transitive) To make tighter. quotations examples
Just where I please, with tighten;d rein / I'll urge thee round the dusty plain.
1760, Francis Fawkes, Works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus, and Musæus translated into English by a gentleman of Cambridge
(intransitive) To become tighter. examples
(economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain. examples
(economics) To raise short-term interest rates. examples