How to use tight in a sentence. (held or kept together) firmly or closely Clothes or shoes that are tight fit the body too… Firmly or closely fixed in place See examples of tight used in a sentence. 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 A tight weave, a tight schedule of events. There are 39 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word tight, three of which are labelled obsolete
Tight tit firmly or closely held tight Definition of tight adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Close, impermeable, snug, dense, impervious, impenetrable, compact, thick Permeable, porous, leaky, pervious, penetrable, absorbent, unsealed, loose
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