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pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"

firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"

set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"

securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"

affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house"

of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave"

pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"

firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"

set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"

(economics) affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

packed closely together; "the stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"

closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"

securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight"

A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

p. p. of Tie.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

Handy; adroit; brisk.

To tighten.

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.

Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

p. p. of Tie.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

Handy; adroit; brisk.

To tighten.

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.

Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Not loose; fastened firmly together; close; closely built; as, a tight barrel; fitting close to the body; as, a tight shoe; not leaky; as, a water-tight ship; taut or stretched; as, a tight rope; scarce, as money.

Closely fitting garments for the lower limbs, worn by actors, acrobats, etc.

Tightly.

Tightness.

Tightly.

Tightness.

Close: compact: not leaky: fitting closely: not loose.

Tightly.

Tightness.

Not leaky; impervious.

Closely drawn or fastened; stringent.

Fitting closely.

Close; compact; firmly drawn; firm; not leaky.

Close; compact; not loose or open; net admitting much air; fitting close to the body, as clothes; tense; parsimonious; saving.

Close-fitting pantaloons.

Not loose or slack; compact; not leaky; not having holes; sitting very close to the body, as clothes; ill supplied or stringent, as the money-market.