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tautened

tautened is the simple past and past participle of tauten.

Meaning of tauten

Verb

tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)

  1. (transitive) To make taut; to taut.
    • Tauten the rope.
  2. (ergative) To become taut.
    • The rope tautened.

Questions about tautened

What is tautened the simple past and past participle of?
Tautened is the simple past and past participle of tauten.

Words near tautened in the dictionary

  1. tautaug
  2. tautaugs
  3. tauted
  4. tautegorical
  5. tauten
  6. tautened
  7. tautener
  8. tauteners
  9. tautening
  10. tautenings
  11. tautens

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