Found 4 items, similar to tense.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: tense tegang
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tense genting, masa, tegang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tense tense v 1: stretch or force to the limit; “strain the rope” [syn: strain] 2: increase the tension on; “tense a rope” 3: become tense or tenser; “He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room” [syn: tense up] [ant: relax] 4: make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; [syn: strain, tense up] [ant: relax, relax] tense adj 1: in or of a state of physical or nervous tension [ant: relaxed] 2: pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') [ant: lax] 3: taut or rigid; stretched tight; “tense piano strings” [ant: lax] tense n : a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tense Tense \Tense\, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time. [1913 Webster] Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages. [1913 Webster] Tense \Tense\, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber. [1913 Webster] The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a fatal paleness was upon her. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] -- Tense"ly, adv. -- Tense"ness, n. [1913 Webster]