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Definition of "tauten" [tauten]

  • To make or become taut. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tauten" in a sentence
  • "Then, the legs tauten, the balance shifts into the balls of the feet, the torso seems to lengthen, and suddenly someone has a leg against her ear."
  • "As she listened I could see the fear tauten her face."
  • "He felt his stale melancholia leave him, his head become clearer, his nerves tauten."