tense

What does tense mean?

• A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.

• verb

  cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• verb

  become stretched or tense or taut

• verb

  become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• noun

  a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• verb

  increase the tension on

• adjective

  in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• adjective

  pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• adjective

  taut or rigid; stretched tight

Anagrams of tense