Word Meanings - TIGHTENER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.

TIGHTENER
That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner.
WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
PULLEY
A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. Note: The pulley, as one
TIGHTEN
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley , a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.
CONE PULLEY
A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
UNTIGHTEN
To make less tight or tense; to loosen.