Definition of tight

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Tight (superl.) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

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Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together..
Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.
Garrot :: Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb..
Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7..
Succinct :: Succinct (a.) Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..
Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..
Hermetically :: Hermetically (adv.) By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure..
Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..
Tight :: Tight () of Ti.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..
Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..
Tightness :: Tightness (n.) The quality or condition of being tight.
Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..
Cinch :: Cinch (n.) A tight grip.
Jam :: Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
Twist :: Twist (n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box..
Untighten :: Untighten (v. t.) To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
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