taut
30
4.8
- adjective
- /tɔt/
:
tenso
- Then stretch and hold the skin taut out and away from the eye.
- taut rope
- taut string
- taut skin
His neck has new veins, A taut line of strength.
- His neck has new veins, A taut line of strength.
- So I'd rather kind of manipulate the skin to keep it as taut as possible.
- So don't be afraid to sort of hold your skin taut so you can scrape away at it better.
- Also avoid pulling the cable taut, especially as we said towards sort of that a on the NVIDIA logo.
- So you know, I had some copper rods and people have used copper rods to to solder to the ends of these to hold them taut.
- Who looks at a taut wire Shawn across the stairwell and thinks If we yank on that, I wonder what delights await us now?
- You have to do that at home or do it in, in an acting class or do it on the stage so that you keep that thread taut.
Examples
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And everything about her was so taut, she seemed in danger of breaking.
Fiction book (1990) -
And her skin was a translucent white, almost glazed and so taut that it, too, looked brittle.
Fiction book (1991) -
All right, now, when you get a fish on your line and you feel it, you gotta keep your line taut, okay?
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But that was not it: the spring was taut, and there was no play.
Fiction book (1991) -
When I arrive, I shall hold the rope taut and you can just shimmy down.
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It felt like striking a huge, taut basketball.
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Workers shout back and forth, pulling on taut ropes that disappear into the ocean.
Academic text (2011) -
I could see the long line of muscle taut under the drape of the heavy fabric.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every muscle became rigid and taut until it seemed that the flesh would tear apart the overstretched skin.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rope was pulled so tight that it remained taut throughout the entire climb.
Synonyms
884
1.0
Firmly fixed so it is not loose
310
3.6
Feeling nervous and unable to relax
Very tight because it is under strong strain, for example in muscles
Appearing not natural and tense, often like a forced smile
Having strings that are too tight and under strain
Antonyms
How Tense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taut comes from an old word that meant 'tight' and is like the familiar words tight and tense, which both suggest something pulled or full of strain. So when something is taut it is pulled 'tight' or shows 'tension'.