Word Meanings - TIGHTENER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
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- TIGHTENER
That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley. - SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - PULLEY
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. Note: The pulley, as one - TIGHTEN
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 , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it. - CONE PULLEY
A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape. - UNTIGHTEN
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.