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adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | ||||||||
| 36% | 8 | Having a more strained or strained voice | ||||||
adjective • (of a sound) Like that of a frog. | ||||||||
| 35% | 9 | Involving a verb that combines an action verb with a state-changing verb | ||||||
adjective • (of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative. • (of a verb) Factive. | ||||||||
Strained Form Of Verb Crossword Clue
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TENSE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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TENSE
Updated: October 13, 2023
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