"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 12

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) up, around, on, into, with, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(2) down, by, after, across, upon, ...

Kolokacji: 13

1. tighten by = dociskać przez tighten by

2. tighten down = dociśnij w dół tighten down

3. tighten after = dociśnij potem tighten after

4. tighten across = dociśnij wszerz tighten across

5. tighten upon = dociskać na tighten upon

6. tighten under = dociśnij poniżej tighten under

7. tighten until = dociskać do czasu gdy tighten until

8. tighten during = dociskać podczas tighten during

9. tighten inside = dociśnij do środka tighten inside

10. tighten through = dociśnij całkowicie tighten through

11. tightened since = dociśnięty od tej pory tightened since

12. tighten from = dociskać z tighten from

She could make each separate muscle of her body move and tighten in complete freedom from the muscles around it.
He could feel his muscles tightening from the effort to hold back.
Laws enacted a decade ago and tightened after 9/11 distance even legal immigrants from the protection of the law.
A producer helps a writer tighten his pitch from 45 minutes to 15.
I asked again, my throat tightening from the strain and the possibilities I could almost see.
You can't tighten your belt from a position of subsistence.
As the counselor instructed me on the visiting procedures, my stomach tightened from excitement.
Her fingers in his hair tightened into fists from the pain.
Samitsu's voice tightened from the effort to stop it short of trembling.
The two men tightened their grip on her wrists, perhaps at a sign from Devlin.

13. tighten following = dociśnij następowanie tighten following

tighten + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 31

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

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