tense

/tens/ verb [I, T] ( also tense up)

Translation

› If your muscles tense, they become tight and stiff, and if you tense them, you make them do this.

kasları ger(il)mek/sertleş(tir)mek

Don't tense your shoulders, just relax.1937

(Definition of tense verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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