tighten
English
/ˈtaɪ.tən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make tighter.
- (intransitive) To become tighter.
- (economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
- (economics) To raise short-term interest rates.
Etymology
Suffix from English tight inherited from Middle English tighten inherited from Old English tyhtan.
Origin
Old English
tyhtan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airtight English
- gastight English
- light-tight English
- oiltight English
- overtight English
- overtighten English
- raintight English
- retighten English
- skintight English
- smoketight English
- steamtight English
- sticktight English
- supertight English
- tight English
- tight-fisted English
- tight-knit English
- tight-lipped English
- tightass English
- tightbeam English
- tightenable English
- tightener English
- tightenest English
- tighteneth English
- tighter English
- tighthead English
- tightish English
- tightknit English
- tightlacer English
- tightlacing English
- tightly English
- tightness English
- tightrope English
- tightsome English
- tightwad English
- tightwire English
- tighty whities English
- ultratight English
- untighten English
- watertight English
- weathertight English
- windtight English
- tight Italian
- tyhtan Old English
- tyhtend Old English
- tyhtendlic Old English
- tyhting Old English
- tight Middle English
- tighten Middle English
- tight Danish
- tayt Turkish
- tight
- tighter
- tightly
- tightish
- tightass
- airtight
- gastight
- tightwad
- oiltight
- tightbeam
- raintight
- tightrope
- windtight
- untighten
- tightness
- retighten
- tighthead
- tightknit
- overtight
- tightsome
- tightener
- skintight
- tightwire
- ultratight
- tighteneth
- tight-knit
- sticktight
- smoketight
- tightlacer
- watertight
- steamtight
- tightenest
- supertight
- tightenable
- light-tight
- overtighten
- tightlacing
- tight-fisted
- tight-lipped
- weathertight
- tighty whities