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Meanings of tauten in inglés

catalán
tesar
español
tensar

Make taut or tauter.

tensar
Synonyms
Examples for "firm"
Examples for "firm"
1
Europe and North America are the firm's fastest growing markets, it said.
Reuters
2
But industry sources and state oil firm NNPC say production is continuing.
Reuters
3
He also said the firm aimed for 50 million customers a year.
Reuters
4
Of course, that's true everywhere, including any law firm you might join.
Anthill: a novel
5
A social impact firm to continue her work engaging the private sector.
Ebony
Usage of tauten in inglés
1
Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride.
Wired
2
All heard the bow-strings tauten, until Vlad's raised hand halted them.
Vlad. The Last Confession
3
As they walked, he felt her shoulders and biceps tauten slightly.
Frozen Heat
4
She felt the muscles in his buttocks and thighs tauten.
Eve of darkness
5
He pulled up, felt the rope grow slack, then tauten as he let go.
Hell House
6
Around the girl he drew his right arm; she felt his muscles tauten as he clasped her to him.
Darkness and Dawn
7
He came back and stood in front of me with the weapon, deliberately enough for me to tauten up.
Woken furies
8
Speak to me when you feel it coming; I don't want it to tauten you up with a jerk.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
9
His body tautened against the straps holding it in the acceleration couch.
Pushbutton War
10
She placed her hands on her slim hips and tautened her figure.
Erik Dorn
11
We had just about tautened the tow-line when Alan's voice rang out.
Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories / 1899
12
Was bracing for impact when the rope tautened, snapping me around wildly.
Bones on Ice
13
His diaphragm tautened with the sharp pain of long-unused muscles, and he sneezed.
The Sky Is Falling
14
His face tautened and his arms lay limp as he read through it.
Victory
15
The rope tautened, and there was a sharp crack from below.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917
16
And then he was rigid, the shoulder muscles beneath his tunic tautening visibly.
Foundation and Empire
Translations for tauten
Tauten through the time