TAUT
- to tangle (to form into an interwoven mass) [v -ED, -ING, -S] / fully stretched [adj TAUTER, TAUTEST]
- fully stretched, so as not to be slack [adj TAUTER, TAUTEST] / to tangle (to bring together in intricate confusion) [v TAUTED, TAUTING, TAUTS]
- tight; tense