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Meaning of word tense from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Become stretched or tense or taut.

Example : The bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed.
The rope strained when the weight was attached.

Synonyms : strain

Meaning : Increase the tension on.

Example : Alternately relax and tense your calf muscle.
Tense the rope manually before tensing the spring.

Meaning : Become tense, nervous, or uneasy.

Example : He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room.

Synonyms : tense up

Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.

He relaxed in the hot tub.
Let's all relax after a hard day's work.
decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind

Meaning : Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.

Example : He got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up.

Synonyms : strain, tense up

Cause to feel relaxed.

A hot bath always relaxes me.
loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind

Meaning : A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time.

Translation in other languages :

Meaning : In or of a state of physical or nervous tension.

Without strain or anxiety.

Gave the impression of being quite relaxed.
A relaxed and informal discussion.
relaxed

Meaning : Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat').

Pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet').

lax

Meaning : Taut or rigid. Stretched tight.

Example : Tense piano strings.

Lacking in firmness or tension. Not taut.

A lax rope.
lax

Antonym meaning