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"he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"verbcause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxiousOpposite:type of:
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"the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"verbbecome stretched or tense or taut
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"He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"verbbecome tense, nervous, or uneasy
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nouna grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of timetype of:
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"alternately relax and tense your calf muscle" "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"verbincrease the tension on
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adjectivein or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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adjectivepronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
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"tense piano strings"adjectivetaut or rigid; stretched tight
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turn change perfect past future present nervous tight electric stretch affect tension extend wired uptight strain alter pumped tighten itchy uneasy progressive aroused agitated jumpy edgy imperfect strained suspenseful modify jittery antsy taut restive nervy fidgety constricted tensor isotonic unrelaxed tenseness perfective fretful suspensive tense up change state grammatical category syntactic category future tense aorist imperfect tense past tense perfect tense perfective tense present tense progressive tense continuous tense cliff-hanging high-strung highly strung wound up nail-biting overstrung pumped-up pumped up tensity