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Verb: tauten  to-tun
  1. Become taut or tauter
    "the rope tautened"
    - firm
     
  2. Make taut or tauter
    "tauten a rope"
    - firm

Derived forms: tautened, tautening, tautens

Type of: fasten, tighten

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tau-plus particle
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Taurus
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tautness
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Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
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tautological
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