tightening

Examples

• All

• The recent tightening of safety regulations has made construction sites much safer.

• The application of the orthosis and strap tightening was completed with strict adherence to manufacturer recommendations.

  Academic text (1995)

• I felt a tightening in my chest and here it goes.

• I had the same thing a few years ago, like a tightening in my chest.

  A Hologram for the King (2016)

• But it's like a tightening of the muscles, I guess.

• Since the introduction of sanctions, there has been some tightening of central controls.

  Academic text (2001)

• The federal government's belt tightening began to pay dividends almost instantaneously.

  Academic text (2017)

• The clinical result is the tightening of lax skin and the removal of superficial blemishes.

  Academic text (2003)

• Internationally, educational restructuring is a response to the economic belt-tightening of a besieged world economy.

  Academic text (1996)

• The astringent gives smooth smoothness and firmness by tightening loose skin and flabby muscles of the face and neck.

Synonyms

T

take-up

vstightening

• Specialized

2 7.2

A device or action that pulls in extra material, for example slack in a rope

is the general action of reducing looseness rather than a specific device for it

F

fastening

vstightening

2 3.9

A thing that holds two parts together so they stay secure

is about making the fit snug and less loose rather than joining parts

S

securement

vstightening

6.1

Fastening something so it does not move or fall

focuses on making the fit snug and less loose rather than safety emphasis

Antonyms

L

loosening

6 3.4

Making something less tight or less strict

How Tight

locking

19 1.3

to clamp

47 3.3

tightening

31 3.3

loosening

6 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology