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adjective Tight adj. (compar. tighter; superl. tightest) 1.Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot. 2.Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight. 3.Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment. 4.Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. "Clad very plain, but clean and tight." "I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight." 5.Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. (Colloq.) 6.Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. 7.Handy; adroit; brisk. (Obs.) 8.Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. (Slang) 9.(Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
verb Tie v. t. (past & past part. tied, obs. tight; pres. part. tying) 1.To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck." 2.To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." 3.To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. "In bond of virtuous love together tied." 4.To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. "Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind." 5.(Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them. 6.To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with. To ride and tie. See under Ride. To tie down. (a)To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b)To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action. To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.
Tight v. t. To tighten. (Obs.)
Tie v. i. (past & past part. tied, obs. tight; pres. part. tying) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tight v. obs. P. p. of Tie.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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