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TAUT (4)
Taut
taut - a
subjected to great tension; stretched tight
tauten, tautens, tautened, tautening - v
to make taut
Synonyms
Verb: strain, stretch, tense, tighten
sentence examples
“The wire tautened as they pulled on it.â€
"he tautened the rope and then tied it off"
“Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.â€
etymology
taut (adj.)
mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog-, past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *theuhanan, from PIE root *deuk- "to lead," which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie.
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