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Meaning of tense
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tense
adj 1: in or of a state of physical or nervous tension [ant:
{relaxed}]
2: pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the
vowel sound in `beat') [ant: {lax}]
3: taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings" [ant:
{lax}]
n 1: a grammatical category of verbs used to express
distinctions of time
v 1: become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck
muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was
attached" [syn: {strain}, {tense}]
2: increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your
calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the
spring"
3: become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw
his opponent enter the room" [syn: {tense}, {tense up}] [ant:
{decompress}, {loosen up}, {relax}, {slow down}, {unbend},
{unwind}]
4: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a
phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" [syn: {tense},
{strain}, {tense up}] [ant: {loosen up}, {make relaxed},
{relax}, {unlax}, {unstrain}, {unwind}]
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