Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To become tense.

    become tense, nervous, or uneasy

Examples

13 sentences

  1. My body tensed up.

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  2. Tom saw Mary tense up.

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  3. Tom tensed up.

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  4. Don't tense up.

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  5. Ziri's body tensed up.

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Forms

tenses up, tensing up, tensed up, tensed up
Base formtense up · to tense up
3rd person singulartenses up
Present participletensing up
Past simpletensed up
Past participletensed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytense up
he, she, ittenses up

Past simpleLesson

all personstensed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tensed up
he, she, ithas tensed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tense up

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • become tense, nervous, or uneasy:tense
  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious:tensestrain

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tenortenseB1tensionB1tentB1
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