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tauting

tauting is the present participle and gerund of taut.

Meaning of taut

Verb

taut (third-person singular simple present tauts, present participle tauting, simple past and past participle tauted)

  1. (transitive) To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
    • The machine is operated by a double friction drum hoist. From the rear drum a steel cable, called the tension cable, leads to a set of fall blocks attached to the mast pole. These blocks afford a means for slackening and tauting the track cable, one end of which is supported by the fall blocks and...1917 August, The Road-maker, volume 2, number 5, Port Huron, Mich.: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 18, column 2

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Questions about tauting

What is tauting the present participle and gerund of?
Tauting is the present participle and gerund of taut.

Words near tauting in the dictionary

  1. tautening
  2. tautenings
  3. tautens
  4. tauter
  5. tautest
  6. tauting
  7. tautish
  8. tautism
  9. tautline
  10. tautliner
  11. tautliners

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