Definition of tense

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Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..

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Heartrending :: Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..
Intensification :: Intensification (n.) The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense..
Intensify :: Intensify (v. i.) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy..
Pretenseful :: Pretenseful (a.) Abounding in pretenses.
Mercurify :: Mercurify (v. t.) To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed..
Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The art or process of converting cast iron into wrought iron or steel by subjecting it to intense heat and frequent stirring in a reverberatory furnace in the presence of oxidizing substances, by which it is freed from a portion of its carbon and other impurities..
Make-believe :: Make-believe (n.) A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention..
Extense :: Extense (v. t.) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise..
Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. i.) To conceal the real fact, motives, /tention, or sentiments, under some pretense; to assume a false appearance; to act the hypocrite..
Stalkless :: Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Tension :: Tension (a.) Fig.: Extreme strain of mind or excitement of feeling; intense effort.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage..
Phleum :: Phleum (n.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (Phleum pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass..
Dipsas :: Dipsas (n.) A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.
Intense :: Intense (a.) Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as: (a) Ardent; fervent; as, intense heat. (b) Keen; biting; as, intense cold. (c) Vehement; earnest; exceedingly strong; as, intense passion or hate. (d) Very severe; violent; as, intense pain or anguish. (e) Deep; strong; brilliant; as, intense color or light..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To strain; to make tense.
Aconitine :: Aconitine (n.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite..
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..
Religionism :: Religionism (n.) Affectation or pretense of religion.
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