Rhymes for TIGHTEN

• make more cheerful

• reduce the weight on; make lighter

• become more cheerful

• make more cheerful through the use of color

• become lighter

• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

• make more cheerful through the use of color

• become clear

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• turn white

• make understand

• give spiritual insight to; in religion

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)

• a person of exceptional importance and reputation

• the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere

• tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells

• (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon

• small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia

• the largest moon of Neptune

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

• the quantity contained in a can

• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

• preserve in a can or tin

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• hear with intention

• listen and pay attention

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

• affording free passage or access

• used of mouth or eyes

• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open and observable; not secret or hidden

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• where the air is unconfined

• a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

• information that has become public

• with no protection or shield

• open to or in view of all

• not having been filled

• accessible to all

• not defended or capable of being defended

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• having no protecting cover or enclosure

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not sealed or having been unsealed

• without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

• not requiring union membership

• possibly accepting or permitting

• affording free passage or view

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

• ready for business

• cause to open or to become open

• start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

• become open

• begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• make available

• become available

• have an opening or passage or outlet

• make the opening move

• afford access to

• display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

• a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• many times at short intervals

• frequently or in great quantities

• in many cases or instances

• set down in writing in any of various ways

• systematically collected and written down

• written as for a film or play or broadcast

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at

• At that time; then.

• Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

• Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

• (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

• physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

• not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

• (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• tamed or trained to obey

• topographically very uneven

• imperfectly spoken or written

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• weakened and infirm

• destroyed financially

• out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

• discontinuous

• lacking a part or parts

• the flesh of a chicken used for food

• a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

• a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

• easily frightened

• not noticed inadvertently

• a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

• the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

• a yard or lawn adjoining a house

• the usual or familiar type

• work in the garden

• an assumption that is taken for granted

• acknowledged as a supposition

• (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

• come to pass

• happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

• chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

• come into being; become reality

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• a place regarded by various beliefs as the abode of their deities; also a place where good people are believed to go after death

• any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

• a room equipped for preparing meals

• the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

• one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

• being one more than six

• happening without warning or in a short space of time

• understood in a certain way; made sense of

• be affected with an indisposition

• a young person of either sex

• a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

• an immature childish person

• a member of a clan or tribe

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• a policeman in charge of a precinct

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the leader of a group of people

• the pilot in charge of an airship

• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

• be the captain of a sports team

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• established irrevocably

• definite but not specified or identified

• reliable in operation or effect

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

• French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

• United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)

• United States actress (1913-1990)

• United States singer (1917-1995)

• a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

• common to or shared by two or more parties

• commonly encountered

• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

• of or associated with the great masses of people

• of low or inferior quality or value

• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

• to be expected; standard

• a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

• a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

• a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

• any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language

• a person of German nationality

• the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic

• characteristic of humanity

• relating to a person

• having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings

• any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

• a unit of instruction

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• the significance of a story or event

• a task assigned for individual study

• the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

• a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)

• (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• a human body (usually including the clothing)

• a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• present reasons and arguments

• think logically

• any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting

• a means of persuading or arguing

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• an associate degree in nursing

• the child of your aunt or uncle

• motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

• something used to achieve a purpose

• a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

• an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.