tauten
— Verb
– English
~ make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
tauten
— Verb
– English
~ become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
tautly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a taut manner; "the rope was tautly stretched"
tautness
— Noun
– English
~ lack of movement or room for movement
tautness
— Noun
– English
~ the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
tautologic
— Adjective
– English
~ repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
tautological
— Adjective
– English
~ repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant