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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: tautens, tautened, tautening

Type of: fasten, tighten

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tau-plus particle
Taurean
taurine
tauromachy
Taurotragus
Taurotragus derbianus
Taurotragus oryx
Taurus
Taurus the Bull
taut
tauten
tautly
tautness
tautog
Tautoga
Tautoga onitis
Tautogolabrus
Tautogolabrus adspersus
tautologic
tautological
tautologically