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untighten

untighten verb: to loosen; to make something less tight.

Verb

untighten (third-person singular simple present untightens, present participle untightening, simple past and past participle untightened)

  1. (transitive) To loosen; to make something less tight.

Forms of untighten

third-person singular presentuntightens
present participleuntightening
past participleuntightened
pastuntightened

Origin of untighten

From un- + tighten.

Questions about untighten

What does untighten mean?
Untighten means to loosen; to make something less tight.
What part of speech is untighten?
Untighten is a verb.
What is the past tense of untighten?
The past tense of untighten is untightened.

Words near untighten in the dictionary

  1. untiered
  2. untiers
  3. unties
  4. untigerlike
  5. untight
  6. untighten
  7. untightened
  8. untightening
  9. untightens
  10. untightness
  11. until

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