make+tense

  • 61Inuit grammar — The Inuit language, like other Eskimo Aleut languages, has a very rich morphological system, in which a succession of different morphemes are added to root words to indicate things that, in languages like English, would require several words to… …

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  • 62напрягать — НАПРЯГАТЬ, несов. (сов. напрячь), что. Приводить в упругое, натянутое состояние (о теле, мышцах и т.п.); Син.: Разг. напружинивать [impf. to tense (up), make tense; to tauten, make taut; to exert, make (too) great efforts; (of muscles) to strain …

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  • 63напружинивать — НАПРУЖИНИВАТЬ, несов. (сов. напружинить), что. Разг. Приводить что л. в упругое, как пружина, состояние; Син.: напрягать [impf. coll. to tense (up), make tense; to tauten, make taut (like a string); to wind (up), tighten the working parts of (a… …

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  • 64draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… …

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  • 65wind — I n. [[t]wɪnd,[/t]] lit. [[t]waɪnd[/t]] v. [[t]wɪnd[/t]] n. 1) cvb mer air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface, caused by temperature differentials in air 2) mer a gale; storm; hurricane 3) any …

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  • 66Straiten — Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. [1913 …

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  • 67Straitened — Straiten Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.… …

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  • 68Straitening — Straiten Strait en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straitened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straitening}.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. [1913 Webster] Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise.… …

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  • 69stretch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extend, lengthen, spread, expand, increase; stretch out, sprawl; informal, exaggerate, strain, force. n. expansion, reach, range; length, field, expanse; elasticity; long run, distance, home or… …

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  • 70strain — I. v. a. 1. Stretch, draw tightly, make tense, make tight, tighten. 2. Wrench, sprain, injure by stretching. 3. Exert (to the utmost), put to the utmost strength. 4. Pervert (from the true intent), push too far. 5. Squeeze, press, embrace, hug,… …

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