to tighten a knot
81draw — Synonyms and related words: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, abbreviate, abysm, abyss, accept, acquire, act on, adduct, adduction, admit, advance, affinity, allowance, allure, allurement, amount to, appeal, approach, argue into, arrange, arrive, arroyo …
82knit — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, adhere, affix, anchor, annex, attach, belay, bind, braid, cement, cicatrize, cinch, circumscribe, clamp, clinch, close up, coarct, cocker, cockle, cohere, combine, come together, communicate, compact,… …
83pucker — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, agitation, all overs, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, befuddlement, bewilderment, bother,… …
84screw up — Synonyms and related words: abreast, acquainted, affix, amiss, anarchy, anchor, annex, attach, au courant, back, ball up, belay, bitch, bitch up, bloomer, blooper, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bonehead into it, bonehead play, boner, boo boo,… …
85set — Synonyms and related words: A to Z, A to izzard, Brownian movement, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Zeitgeist, abet, accepted, accommodate, accord, accretion, acrid, aculeate, acuminate, acute, adapt, address, adhere, adherence, adhesion, adjust,… …
86bind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. restrain, secure, fasten; obligate. See restraint, duty, compulsion, junction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dilemma, tight situation, quandary, jam*; see predicament . v. 1. [To constrain with bonds]… …
87cramp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. restrict, hamper, handicap; compress, confine; fasten; cripple, paralyze, incapacitate. n. seizure, spasm, charley horse (inf.). See hindrance, impotence, pain, contraction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
88tie up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To fasten] Syn. wrap, package, secure; see close 4 , enclose 1 . 2. [To obstruct] Syn. hinder, stop, delay; see hinder . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make fast or firmly fixed, as by means of a cord or rope: bind,… …
89loose — loose1 [ lus ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not firmly fixed ▸ 2 not grouped together ▸ 3 not tight ▸ 4 not exact/detailed ▸ 5 not carefully organized ▸ 6 about waste from body ▸ 7 ball: not controlled ▸ 8 careless in speaking ▸ 9 sexually immoral ▸ +… …
90tense — 1. adjective 1) the tense muscles of his neck Syn: taut, tight, rigid, stretched, strained, stiff Ant: slack, loose 2) Loretta was feeling tense and irritable Syn …
