"tauten" meaning in English

See tauten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tautens [present, singular, third-person], tautening [participle, present], tautened [participle, past], tautened [past]
Etymology: taut + -en Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|taut|en|id2=inchoative}} taut + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)
  1. (transitive) To make taut; to taut. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tauten-en-verb-aGpgwFHt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 48 52
  2. (ergative) To become taut. Tags: ergative
    Sense id: en-tauten-en-verb-4nqGlDHf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 48 52

Inflected forms

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