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Meaning of tense

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]
      n 1: a grammatical category of verbs used to express
           distinctions of time
      v 1: become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck
           muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was
           attached" [syn: {strain}, {tense}]
      2: increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your
         calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the
         spring"
      3: become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw
         his opponent enter the room" [syn: {tense}, {tense up}] [ant:
         {decompress}, {loosen up}, {relax}, {slow down}, {unbend},
         {unwind}]
      4: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a
         phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" [syn: {tense},
         {strain}, {tense up}] [ant: {loosen up}, {make relaxed},
         {relax}, {unlax}, {unstrain}, {unwind}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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