Hyphenation of tense

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tense

Definitions of tense:

1.
A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
2.
Become stretched or tense or taut
The bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed The rope strained when the weight was attached
3.
Increase the tension on
Alternately relax and tense your calf muscle Tense the rope manually before tensing the spring
4.
Become tense, nervous, or uneasy
He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room
5.
Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
He got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
6.
In or of a state of physical or nervous tension
7.
Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
8.
Taut or rigid
Stretched tight Tense piano strings

Synonyms of tense:

adj tense, aroused, wound up, cliff-hanging, suspenseful, suspensive, nail-biting, drawn, taut, edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight, electric, isotonic, nervous, strained, unrelaxed, pumped-up, pumped up, pumped, wired, agitated, uneasy
adj tense, constricted
adj tense, overstrung, taut, tight, tight
noungrammatical category, syntactic category
verb strain, tighten
verb change, alter, modify
verbtense up, change state, turn
verb strain, tense up, affect

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