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retighten

retighten verb: to tighten again.

Verb

retighten (third-person singular simple present retightens, present participle retightening, simple past and past participle retightened)

  1. to tighten again

Forms of retighten

third-person singular presentretightens
present participleretightening
past participleretightened
pastretightened

Origin of retighten

From re- + tighten.

Questions about retighten

What does retighten mean?
Retighten means to tighten again.
What part of speech is retighten?
Retighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of retighten?
The past tense of retighten is retightened.

Words near retighten in the dictionary

  1. retifism
  2. retifist
  3. retifists
  4. retiform
  5. retigabine
  6. retighten
  7. retightened
  8. retightening
  9. retightenings
  10. retightens
  11. retile

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