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Nouns
1. (n.) tense;
  - a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time;

Verbs
1. (verb) strain, tense;
  - become stretched or tense or taut;
  - “the bodybuilder’s neck muscles tensed;”; “the rope strained when the weight was attached”;

2. (verb) tense;
  - increase the tension on;
  - “alternately relax and tense your calf muscle”; “tense the rope manually before tensing the spring”;

3. (verb) tense, tense up;
  - become tense, nervous, or uneasy;
  - “He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room”;

4. (verb) strain, tense, tense up;
  - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
  - “he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) tense;
  - in or of a state of physical or nervous tension;

2. (adj.) tense;
  - pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat’);

3. (adj.) tense;
  - taut or rigid; stretched tight;
  - “tense piano strings”;

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