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pretighten

pretighten verb: to tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance.

Verb

pretighten (third-person singular simple present pretightens, present participle pretightening, simple past and past participle pretightened)

  1. (transitive) To tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance.

Forms of pretighten

third-person singular presentpretightens
present participlepretightening
past participlepretightened
pastpretightened

Origin of pretighten

From pre- + tighten.

Questions about pretighten

What does pretighten mean?
Pretighten means to tighten (bolts, etc.) in advance.
What part of speech is pretighten?
Pretighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretighten?
The past tense of pretighten is pretightened.

Words near pretighten in the dictionary

  1. pretibial fever
  2. pretibially
  3. preticket
  4. pretickets
  5. pretied
  6. pretighten
  7. pretightened
  8. pretightening
  9. pretightens
  10. Pretiglian
  11. pretilachlor

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