tauten
English
Etymology
taut + -en
Verb
tauten (third-person singular simple present tautens, present participle tautening, simple past and past participle tautened)
- (transitive) To make taut.
- Tauten the rope.
- (ergative) To become taut.
- The rope tautened.
Anagrams
- attune, nutate
German
Verb
tauten
- First-person plural preterite of tauen.
- Third-person plural preterite of tauen.
- First-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.
- Third-person plural subjunctive II of tauen.