continue, drag out, draw out, extend, let out, prolongate, pull in, spin out, stretch out, tense, winch
Definitionv. become taut or tauter
Last update: July 24, 2015
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The whistle shrieked again, the warp tautened, and tug and lifeboat made for the mouth of the harbour. [Please select]
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There were delicate adjustments to be made, wire rigging to be tautened, a score of minute tests before all could be safe and sure. [Please select]
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The main-sheet slacked and dipped, then shot over our heads after the boom and tautened with a crash on the traveller. [Please select]
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The tow-line had now tautened, at right angles to the two boats and the predicament was laughable. [Please select]
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Joe was already creeping toward the bow, and, having reached it, he crouched there, blinded by rain and spray, and waited for the rope to tauten. [Please select]
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