Tighten
Pronunciation : Tight"en
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913