tauten

English

Etymology

taut +‎ -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.

   Tauten the rope.

2. (ergative) To become taut.

   The rope tautened.

Anagrams

• attune, nutate

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German

Verb

tauten

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person plural preterite of tauen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Third-person plural preterite of tauen.
3. (deprecated template usage) First-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Third-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.