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"the tightening of economic controls"nounthe act of making something tighterOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains tightening
- take-up the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
- sparkplug wrench a wrench for removing or tightening spark plugs into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
- uterine contraction a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal