DICTOMETER

TENSE

(tense, tenso, tiempo, anspent, spent, stram, tid)

1. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Strain
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • become stretched or tense or taut
   Examples:
   • The bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed
   • The rope strained when the weight was attached
   Antonyms:
   relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • increase the tension on
   Examples:
   • Alternately relax and tense your calf muscle
   • Tense the rope manually before tensing the spring
   Antonyms:
   relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   • Tense up
   Definitions:
   • become tense, nervous, or uneasy
   Examples:
   • He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   • Strain
   • Tense up
   Definitions:
   • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
   Examples:
   • He got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
   Antonyms:
   • RELAXED
   • degage
   • laid-back, mellow
   • unstrained
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
   Antonyms:
   • LAX
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tense
   Definitions:
   • taut or rigid
   • stretched tight
   Examples:
   • Tense piano strings
   Antonyms:
   • LAX
   • drooping, droopy, sagging
   • limp
   • floppy
   • loose, slack
   • loose-jointed
   • tensionless