How to use tight in a sentence. Firmly or closely fixed in place See examples of tight used in a sentence. (held or kept together) firmly or closely Clothes or shoes that are tight fit the body too… With a few verbs tight is used idiomatically as an intensive and is the only possible form
Tight can be used only following the verb The house was shut tight (not tight shut). “a tight little craft,” was austin’s invariable comment on the matron And she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action Difficult to deal with or manage To be in a tight situation
There are 39 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word tight, three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. A tight weave, a tight schedule of events. Close, impermeable, snug, dense, impervious, impenetrable, compact, thick Permeable, porous, leaky, pervious, penetrable, absorbent, unsealed, loose Tight adjective (straight) if cloth, wire, skin, etc is tight, it has been pulled so that it is straight or smooth.
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