tight
To make tight; tightenTo make tight; tighten.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom is on a very tight schedule.
У Тома очень плотный график. — odexed
У Тома дуже щільний графік. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(obsolete)To make tight; tighten.
(obsolete)To make water-tight.
Examples
477 sentencesTom is on a very tight schedule.
У Тома дуже щільний графік. — deniko
ruУ Тома очень плотный график. — odexed
I'm on a really tight schedule this week.
Цього тижня в мене дуже щільний графік. — miketheknight
ruНа этой неделе у меня очень плотный график. — odexed
Tom held Mary tight.
Том міцно тримав Мері. — deniko
ruТом крепко обнял Мэри. — sharptoothed
Hold on tight.
Тримайся міцно. — deniko
ruДержись крепко. — marafon
Shut the door tight.
Зачини двері щільніше. — deniko
ruЗакройте дверь плотнее. — MARDEN
deMach die Tür fest zu! — Yorwba
Origin
From Middle English tighten, thyhten (“to make tight”); see tighten.From Middle English tighten, thyhten (“to make tight”); see tighten.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
tights, tighting, tighted, tightedLessons 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
Collocations
12 patterns- tight schedule
- are too tight
- a tight schedule
- on a tight
- a tight budget
- very tight schedule
- a very tight
- tight budget
- hold on tight
- tight fitting
- too tight for
- tight spot
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.