"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

Last week the House passed a tax bill that would slightly tighten the law.
His lips tightened slightly, but he said nothing as Dainyl helped him into the chair.
Mary's hands tightened slightly on her teacup before she set it aside.
Then he froze, and his grip on her waist tightened slightly.
The interior of the ball seemed to tighten slightly.
Her sunny expression tightened slightly, and she stepped into the room.
The brackets at the edges of his mouth tightened slightly.
The young woman's mouth tightened slightly, but she certainly let no irritation into her voice.
She could not move back; the band tightened just slightly.
His hand tightened slightly on my shoulder, but I don't think he did it consciously.

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

(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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