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tensing up

tensing up is the present participle and gerund of tense up.

Meaning of tense up

Verb

tense up (third-person singular simple present tenses up, present participle tensing up, simple past and past participle tensed up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To become tense.

Questions about tensing up

What is tensing up the present participle and gerund of?
Tensing up is the present participle and gerund of tense up.

Words near tensing up in the dictionary

  1. tensility
  2. tensimeter
  3. tensimeters
  4. tensin
  5. tensing
  6. tensing up
  7. tensings
  8. tensins
  9. tensioactivity
  10. tensiograph
  11. tensiographs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tensing up (page history and authors); tense up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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