Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make taut; to taut.

    Tauten the rope.

    make taut or tauter

  2. (ergative)To become taut.

    The rope tautened.

    become taut or tauter

Origin

From taut + -en.

From taut + -en.

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Forms

tautens, tautening, tautened, tautened
Base formtauten · to tauten
3rd person singulartautens
Present participletautening
Past simpletautened
Past participletautened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytauten
he, she, ittautens

Past simpleLesson

all personstautened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tautened
he, she, ithas tautened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tauten

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make taut or tauter:firm
  • become taut or tauter:firm

Word family

2 related words
Derivedtauteneruntautened

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tauntB2tautC1tautologytaverntawny
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