Dictionary Definition
tauten
Verb
1 become taut or tauter; "Yur muscles will firm
when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" [syn: firm]
2 make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" [syn:
firm]
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
continue, crank, crank in, drag out,
draw, draw in, draw out,
draw taut, elongate,
extend, lengthen, lengthen out, let
out, produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, reel, reel in, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string
out, tackle, tense, tighten, trim, winch, wind in, windlass