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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 | ||||||||
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noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||||
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verb • become stiff or stiffer • make stiff or stiffer • severely restrict in scope or extent | ||||||||
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