tight-fitting

  • 11tight — adjective 1) a tight grip Syn: firm, fast, secure, fixed, clenched Ant: relaxed 2) the rope was tight Syn: taut, rigid, stiff …

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  • 12tight — tight1 W3S2 [taıt] adj comparative tighter superlative tightest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(pulled/stretched firmly)¦ 3¦(attached firmly)¦ 4¦(holding something firmly)¦ 5¦(strict)¦ 6¦(little money)¦ 7¦(little time)¦ …

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  • 13tight — 1 /taIt/ adjective 1 CLOTHES fitting a part of your body very closely, especially in a way that is uncomfortable: tight trousers | My shoes were far too tight and I was in agony by the time I got home. | be a tight fit (=only just fits someone):… …

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  • 14tight — 1. adjective /taɪt/ a) Pushed or pulled together. My socks are too tight. b) Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it. The passageway was so tight we could barely get through. Syn: close,… …

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  • 15-fitting — [[t] fɪ̱tɪŋ[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED fitting combines with adjectives or adverbs such as close , loose , or tightly to show that something is the size indicated in relation to the thing it is on, in, or next to. ...loose fitting night clothes.… …

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  • 16tight — [tīt] adj. [ME, altered (prob. infl. by toght: see TAUT) < thight < OE thight, strong, akin to ON thēttr, Ger dicht, tight, thick < IE base * tenk , to thicken, congeal > MIr tēcht, coagulated] 1. Obs. dense 2. so close or compact in… …

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  • 17Tight — Tight, a. [Compar. {Tighter} (t[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Tightest}.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t[ a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick …

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  • 18tight — (adj.) mid 15c., dense, close, compact, from M.E. thight, from O.N. þettr watertight, close in texture, solid, from P.Gmc. *thenkhtuz (Cf. second element in O.E. meteþiht stout from eating; M.H.G. dihte dense, thick, Ger. dicht dense, tight,… …

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  • 19tight — ► ADJECTIVE 1) fixed, closed, or fastened firmly. 2) (of clothes) close fitting. 3) well sealed against something such as water or air. 4) (of a rope, fabric, or surface) stretched so as to leave no slack. 5) (of an area or space) allowing little …

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  • 20tight|ish — «TY tihsh», adjective. 1. rather tight or close fitting: »tightish trousers. 2. Figurative. somewhat difficult …

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