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tensed

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tense 1  (tns)
adj. tens·er, tens·est
1. Tightly stretched; taut. See Synonyms at stiff, tight.
2. In a state of mental or nervous tension.
3. Characterized by nervous tension or suspense.
4. Linguistics Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound () in keen.
tr. & intr.v. tensed, tens·ing, tens·es
To make or become tense.
[Latin tnsus, past participle of tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
tensely adv.
tenseness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tensed - having inflections to indicate tense
finite - of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person


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In the depth of the jungle the cloud shadows produced a thick blackness that might almost be felt--a blackness that to you and me might have proven terrifying with its accompaniment of rustling leaves and cracking twigs, and its even more suggestive intervals of utter silence in which the crudest of imaginations might have conjured crouching beasts of prey tensed for the fatal charge; but through it Tarzan passed unconcerned, yet always alert.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The tensed body relaxed, and the black, stooping over the corpse, helped carry it out.
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But not alone at this did they laugh, for at the moment of the snap and the turning over, Captain Duncan's unstrung nerves had exploded, causing him to jump as he tensed his whole body.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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