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Definition of Tightened
1. tighten [v] - See also: tighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightened
Literary usage of Tightened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horseless Age (1902)
"October 9, Norwalk, oil cup fitted on cylinder; October 10, New Haven, tightened
chain and coupling of gasoline feed pipe; October ii, Springfield, ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"The new invention consists of a loose driving belt — so loose that when it is
not tightened by bearing against it the driving drum has no action upon it. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The folds are then gradually tightened with enormous force and speedily induce
death. The animals thus destroyed by the larger boas are sometimes as large ..."
4. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"But this never takes place in the case of muriatic acid gas, until the water is
nearly saturated. 140.—VASES tightened BY ..."
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