Definition of Tense

Noun

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  

Verb

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
  "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"
  strain - tense up
• become tense, nervous, or uneasy
  "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  - tense up
• increase the tension on
  "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"
  "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
  
• become stretched or tense or taut
  "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed
  " "the rope strained when the weight was attached"
  strain

Adjective

• taut or rigid
  stretched tight
  "tense piano strings"
  
• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
  
• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
  

Word games points for the Tense

• Scrabble® score of the tense (5)
• Word Chums® score of the tense (6)
• Words With Friends® score of the tense (6)

Unscramble tense

42 unscramble word found using the letters tense.

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