"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

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

He could feel her arms tighten protectively about him.
He smiled wryly as the young man's arms tightened around her protectively.
His arms tightened protectively around her.
She jerked around, her eyes wide, arms tightening protectively around her little girl.
Leofwin's arm tightened protectively around her.
Montoya's arm tightened protectively around her.
He laid his cheek against her curls and his arms tightened protectively around her.
Sarella felt Peter's grip tighten protectively, and if it hadn't she was positive she would have crumpled under this attack.
She knew that the moment his arm tightened protectively around her back.
As Tarik's arms tightened on Kady protectively, she tried to turn to see who was coming.

(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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