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Showing words for TENSING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Tensing

nesting, senting, tensing

6 Letter Words for Tensing

ensign, ginnet, ingent, ingest, innest, intens, nentsi, sennit, signet, sinnet, stinge, tennis, tinges

5 Letter Words for Tensing

engin, entsi, geist, geits, genin, genit, gents, gites, innet, inset, neist, nines, segni, sengi, senit, senti, sient, singe, snite, stein, steng, stine, sting, tiens, tiges, tines, tinge, tings, tsine

4 Letter Words for Tensing

engs, gein, geit, gens, gent, gest, gets, gien, gies, ginn, gins, gise, gist, gite, gits, inne, inns, inst, isnt, negs, nein, nest, neti, nets, nies, nine, nist, nits, seit, sent, sien, sign, sine, sing, site, snig, snit, steg, sten, stge, stie, tegs, teng, tens, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins

3 Letter Words for Tensing

eng, ens, est, gen, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gns, gte, ign, ing, inn, ins, int, ise, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nne, seg, sei, sen, set, sie, sig, sin, sit, stg, teg, ten, tes, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, tsi

Definitions for Tensing

[1] stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
[2] in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
[3] characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment.
[4] Phonetics . pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow. Compare lax(def 7) .
[5] to make or become tense.
[6] stretched or stressed tightly; taut or rigid
[7] under mental or emotional strain
[8] producing mental or emotional strain a tense day
[9] (of a speech sound) pronounced with considerable muscular effort and having relatively precise accuracy of articulation and considerable duration in English the vowel ( iː ) in ``beam'' is tense Compare lax (def. 4)
[10] (often foll by up) to make or become tense
[11] grammar a category of the verb or verbal inflections, such as present, past, and future, that expresses the temporal relations between what is reported in a sentence and the time of its utterance

Words related to Tensing

tenserecession, shrinkage, reduction, decrease, deflation, strengthen, reinforce, solidify, stabilize, stiffen, toughen, narrow, circumscribe, cramp, compress, stoop, huddle, squat, condensation, reducing

Words nearby Tensing

tensetenpins, tenpounder, tenrec, tens, tensas, tense, tense logic, tensegrity, tensible, tensile, tensile strength

Origin of Tensing

e11660–70; < Latin tēnsus past participle of tendere to stretch; see tend1

Other words from Tensing

tense·ly , adverb
tense·ness , noun
un·tens·ing , adjective

Word origin for Tensing

eC14: from Old French tens time, from Latin tempus

Synonyms for Tensing

decrease, deflation, recession, reduction, shrinkage, abbreviation, abridgment, compression, condensation, condensing, confinement, constriction, curtailment, diminution, dwindling, elision, evaporation, lessening, narrowing, omission, receding, reducing, shrinking, tightening, withdrawal, abbreviating, abridging, confining, curtailing, cutting down, decreasing, deflating, diminishing, drawing together, evaporating, lopping, omitting, shrivelling, withdrawing