Taut
[tɔːt] or [tɔt]
Definition
(adj.) pulled or drawn tight; 'taut sails'; 'a tight drumhead'; 'a tight rope' .
(adj.) subjected to great tension; stretched tight; 'the skin of his face looked drawn and tight'; 'her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow' .
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Definition
(a.) Tight; stretched; not slack; -- said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.
(a.) Snug; close; firm; secure.
Typist: Paul
Definition
adj. tightly drawn: in good condition.—v.t. Taut′en to make tight.—n. Taut′ness.
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Examples
- The country was taut and excited like an athletic competitor at the end of his training. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She seemed upset and taut. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If that did not happen, and if the belt was made taut suddenly, the armature burned out--which it did with disconcerting frequency. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The gypsy was holding the lead rope with the pack-horse pulling his head taut behind him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I held the taut line and felt the faint pulsing of the spinner revolving while I looked at the dark November water of the lake and the deserted shore. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A quick jerk drew it taut. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If the wires were stretched taut in the summer, there would not be sufficient leeway for the contraction which accompanies cold weather, and in winter they would snap. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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