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Definition of tighten in English Turkish dictionary
- sıkmak
Ekonomi yakında toparlanmazsa kemerlerimizi sıkmak zorunda kalacağız.
-We'll have to tighten our belts if the economy doesn't pick up soon.
Ben kemerimi sıkmak zorundayım.
-I have to tighten my belt.
- {f} (vida v.b.'ni) sıkıştırmak; (kemer v.b.'ni) sıkmak; (adale, ip v.b.'ni) germek; gerilmek, gerginleşmek
- {f} sıkıştırmak
Ev ödemelerimizi yapmak için, kemerlerimizi sıkıştırmak zorunda kalacağız.
-To make our house payments, we're going to have to tighten our belts.
- pekişmek
- daralmak
- sıkılaştırmak
- tıkamak
- sağlamlaştırmak
- sıkılaşmak
- sıkıştır
Ev ödemelerimizi yapmak için, kemerlerimizi sıkıştırmak zorunda kalacağız.
-To make our house payments, we're going to have to tighten our belts.
Tom somunları sıkıştırdı.
-Tom tightened the nuts.
- daraltmak
- {f} kasılmak
- {f} sıkışmak
- {f} ciddileşmek
- (İnşaat) sıkılamak
- {f} kasmak
- {f} germek
- {f} sertleşmek
- {f} kısmak
- gerilmek
- gerginleştirmek
- tighten the noose
- (Ev ile ilgili) Durumu zorlaştırmak
- tighten up
- sıkıştırmak
- tighten up on
- sertleştirmek
- tighten one's belt
- kemerleri sıkmak
- tighten up
- sıkıştır
- tighten belt
- kemer sıkın
- tighten one´s belt
- kemerleri sıkmak
- tighten the belt
- kemer sıkın
- tighten your belt
- senin kemer sıkın
- tighten a nope or a serew
- (Askeri) suga etmek
- tighten it
- vidayı sıkmak
- tighten one's belt
- kemer sıkmak
- tighten one's belt
- kemerini sıkmak
- tighten one's belt
- daha tutumlu davranmak
- tighten one's belt
- masrafları azaltmak
- tighten one's belt
- (Fiili Deyim ) kemeri sıkmak
- tighten one's belts
- (deyim) kemerleri sıkmak
- tighten the purse strings
- kemerleri sıkmak
- tighten the purse strings
- masrafları kısmak
- tighten up
- ciddileşmek
- tighten up
- sertleşmek
- tighten up
- germek
- tighten up on
- (kanunu) daha etkili bir hale getirmek, sertleştirmek
- tighten with a wrench
- anahtarla sıkmak
- tightened
- gerilmek
- tightener
- sıkıcı
- tightener
- gerdirici
- tightener
- sıkıştırıcı
- to tighten
- sıkılaştırmak
- to tighten
- sıkılaşmak
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Definition of tighten in English English dictionary
- To raise short-term interest rates
The Fed is expected to tighten by a quarter-point.
- To make tighter
Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.
- To make money harder to borrow or obtain
If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- To become tighter
That joint is tightening as the wood dries.
- {v} to make tight or close, to straiten
- {f} make tight, pull taught; become tight, become taught
- If a part of your body tightens, the muscles in it become tense and stiff, for example because you are angry or afraid. Sofia's throat had tightened and she couldn't speak relax + tightening tight·en·ing a headache caused by tension which results in tightening of the muscles in the neck
- To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner
- make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
- If you tighten a rope or chain, or if it tightens, it is stretched or pulled hard until it is straight. The anchorman flung his whole weight back, tightening the rope The cables tightened and he was lifted gradually from the deck. slacken
- If someone in authority tightens a rule, a policy, or a system, they make it stricter or more efficient. The United States plans to tighten the economic sanctions currently in place Take-off and landing procedures have been tightened after two jets narrowly escaped disaster. relax Tighten up means the same as tighten. Until this week, every attempt to tighten up the law had failed He accused ministers of breaking election pledges to tighten up on immigration. + tightening tight·en·ing the tightening of state control over press and broadcasting
- make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire
- If a government or organization tightens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip tightens, it begins to have more control over it. He knows he has considerable support for his plans to tighten his grip on the machinery of central government As the regime's grip on the mainland tightened over the next few years, hundreds of thousands more people fled south
- become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
- restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
- When you tighten a screw, nut, or other device, you turn it or move it so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly. I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp Tighten up means the same as tighten. It's important to tighten up the wheels properly, otherwise they vibrate loose and fall off
- become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire
- If you tighten your grip on something, or if your grip tightens, you hold the thing more firmly or securely. Luke answered by tightening his grip on her shoulder Her arms tightened about his neck in gratitude Stefano's grip tightened and his tone became colder. loosen
- narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
- to tighten your belt: see belt to tighten the screw: see screw
- tighten one's belt
- To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income
In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.
- tighten the purse strings
- To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending
- tighten the noose
- (Ev ile ilgili) Make a situation more difficult to escape from
- tighten one's belt
- live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to lear to tighten our belts
- tighten the belt
- wear the belt closer to one's body; save money when one is not in a good financial situation
- tighten up
- If a group, team, or organization tightens up, they make an effort to control what they are doing more closely, in order to become more efficient and successful. I want us to be a bit more sensible this time and tighten up. see also tighten 4, 6 loosen up
- tighten up
- restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
- tightening
- Present participle of tighten
- tightening
- Becoming more tight
- Tightened
- hardened
- To tighten
- tight
- tightened
- made tight or tighter; "the tightened ropes"; "a tightened bolt"
- tightened
- past of tight
- tightened
- made tight or tighter; "the tightened ropes"; "a tightened bolt
- tightened
- made tighter or more stringent; "endured tightened economic controls"
- tightener
- That which tightens; specifically Mach
- tightener
- a tightening pulley
- tightener
- {i} person or thing that tightens
- tightener
- Something used to tighten
- tighteners
- plural of tightener
- tightening
- the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls
- tightening
- {i} fastening, strengthening; act of making something tighter; become tight or tighter; making skin less lax, act of making the sking tighter
- tightening
- that is becoming more tight
- tightening
- the act of making something tighter; "the tightening of economic controls"
- tightens
- third-person singular of tighten
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Hyphenation
tight·enTurkish pronunciation
taytınSynonyms
bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, fix, grip, harden, narrow, pinchPronunciation
/ˈtītən/ /ˈtaɪtən/
Etymology
() Old English tyhtan.Common Collocations
tighten upResimler
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