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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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