tensen
English
Etymology
From tense + -en.
Verb
tensen (third-person singular simple present tensens, present participle tensening, simple past and past participle tensened)
- (intrasitive) To become tense or more tense
- 2013, Megan Bond, Devil's Kiss, page 62:
- At first he was shoked and his body tensened then he put an arm around me “well duh,” he joked and even though I was mad at him I laughed at his joke.
- 2015, Olga Hoekstra, Angel's Blood:
- A small muscle in Gabriel's jaw tensened. He turned away his face.
- 2019, Lawrence Lariar, Win, Place, and Die!:
- I realized, suddenly, that I had been tensening with a steady, burning frustration.
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Derived terms
- tensening
Anagrams
- Nenets, ennets, sennet
Spanish
Verb
tensen
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of tensar.
- (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of tensar.
- (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of tensar.