taut
To make taut; to tauten, to tightenTo make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
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Meaning
1 sensesTo make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
Examples
5 sentencesKeep the rope taut.
deHalt das Seil straff! — Yorwba
She shot off like an arrow from a taut bow.
ruОна полетела, как стрела из натянутого лука. — nina99nv
deSie flog davon wie ein Pfeil vom gespannten Bogen. — al_ex_an_der
He shot off like an arrow from a taut bow.
deEr flog davon wie ein Pfeil vom gespannten Bogen. — al_ex_an_der
The hairs on the violin bow should not be too taut.
deDie Behaarung des Geigenbogens sollte nicht zu straff gespannt sein. — Yorwba
The walls of the tent must be taut when you set it up.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
The adjective is derived from Middle English taught [and other forms], Early Middle EnglisThe adjective is derived from Middle English taught [and other forms], Early Middle English tohte, towehte (“strained, stretched; distended; tight; firm”), probably from tough, touth, touʒth, toʒt (“powerful, strong; fierce, violent; not tender, tough; hardy, resilient; steadfast, stout; difficult to do or endure”) and possibly influenced by togen, towen, past participle of ten (“to extend, stretch out; to drag, haul, pull, tow, tug”) (modern English tee (“(obsolete) to draw, lead; to draw away; to go, proceed”)), or directly from its etymon Old English tēon (“to drag, draw, pull”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull”)) The word may be related to thight (“(dialectal) compact, dense; close-fitting, tight”) and tight; and is cognate with Scots tacht, taght (“taut”).
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Forms
tauts, tauting, tauted, tautedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.