tense


Meanings

  • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  • become stretched or tense or taut;
    • "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed
  • increase the tension on;
    • "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"
    • "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
  • become tense, nervous, or uneasy;
    • "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
    • "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
  • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
  • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
  • taut or rigid; stretched tight;
    • "tense piano strings"
  • TENSE adj TENSER, TENSEST taut TENSELY adv
  • TENSE v TENSED, TENSING, TENSES to make tense


Scrabble Score: 5

tense is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

tense is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

tense is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

tense is a valid Words With Friends word