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tense
tense is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
- 2adjective
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
- 3noun
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- 4verb
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
"he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
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- 5verb
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
"He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
- 6verb
increase the tension on
"alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"
"tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
- 7verb
become stretched or tense or taut "the rope strained when the weight was attached"
"the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;"
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- 8adjective
taut or rigid; stretched tight
"tense piano strings"
- 9adjective
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
- 10adjective
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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