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Definition of tauten verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tauten

verb

NAmE//ˈtɔtn//

[intransitive, transitive] tauten (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tauten

he / she / it tautens

past simple tautened

-ing form tautening

to become taut; to make something taut

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