"tighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tighten verbo

tighten + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 30

tighten controls • tighten one's grip • tighten one's belts • tighten security • tighten one's hold • tighten policy • tighten one's arms • ...

verbo + tighten

Kolokacji: 4

try tightening • begin tightening • keep tightening • finish tightening

tighten + preposición

Kolokacji: 25

tighten up • tighten around • tighten on • tighten into • tighten with • ...

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

tighten further • tighten slightly • tighten painfully • tighten suddenly • slowly tighten • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 1

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

(1) far, slightly, slowly, involuntarily, gradually, ...

Kolokacji: 16

1. tighten further = dociśnij dalej tighten further

tightened further

2. tighten slightly = dociśnij nieznacznie tighten slightly

3. slowly tighten = wolno dociśnij slowly tighten

4. tighten involuntarily = dociśnij mimowolnie tighten involuntarily

5. gradually tighten = stopniowo dociśnij gradually tighten

gradually tightened

6. tightened considerably = dociśnięty znacznie tightened considerably

tighten considerably

7. tighten momentarily = dociśnij na chwilę tighten momentarily

8. instinctively tighten = instynktownie dociśnij instinctively tighten

9. quickly tighten = szybko dociśnij quickly tighten

10. tighten briefly = dociśnij krótko tighten briefly

Galgan's mouth tightened briefly, and he frowned down at the map.
Sarnow's mouth tightened briefly, but then he nodded and leaned back in his chair.
Her face tightened briefly, but then she drew a deep breath and continued.
The other, Max saw, tightened briefly around his daughter's before she stepped away from the bed.
Jamie's arm tightened briefly around my shoulders, then fell away as he contemplated the situation.
I think so,' she replied, briefly tightening her grip on his hand as he got up from the floor.
The thin hand on the chair tightened briefly into life; the fingers curled, then fell back again.
His fingers tightened briefly, checking the spin in either direction.
His mouth tightened briefly, but he did stop looking at his watch.
The arms of the two women tightened briefly around me then, trying to soothe the pain they could feel.

11. tighten angrily = dociśnij gniewnie tighten angrily

12. tighten grimly = dociśnij ponuro tighten grimly

13. properly tightened = odpowiednio docisnąć properly tightened

14. tighten fractionally = dociśnij odrobinę tighten fractionally

15. tighten ominously = dociśnij złowrogo tighten ominously

16. tighten protectively = dociśnij troskliwie tighten protectively

(2) painfully, hard, gently, firmly

Kolokacji: 4

(3) suddenly, sharply

Kolokacji: 2

(4) convulsively, steadily

Kolokacji: 2

(5) merely, simply

Kolokacji: 2

(6) significantly, visibly, imperceptibly

Kolokacji: 3

(7) automatically, reflexively

Kolokacji: 2

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