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tensen

tensen verb: to become tense or more tense.

Verb

tensen (third-person singular simple present tensens, present participle tensening, simple past and past participle tensened)

  1. (intransitive) To become tense or more tense.
    • At first he was shocked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62
    • A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood

Forms of tensen

third-person singular presenttensens
present participletensening
past participletensened
pasttensened

Origin of tensen

From tense + -en.

Words formed from tensen

Questions about tensen

What does tensen mean?
Tensen means to become tense or more tense.
What part of speech is tensen?
Tensen is a verb.
What is the past tense of tensen?
The past tense of tensen is tensened.

Words near tensen in the dictionary

  1. tensegrity
  2. tenseless
  3. tenselessly
  4. tenselessness
  5. tensely
  6. tensen
  7. tensened
  8. tenseness
  9. tensenesses
  10. tensening
  11. tensens

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