TENSE
1 —adjective. 1 stretched tight, strained. 2 causing tenseness (tense moment). —verb. (-sing) make or become tense. ? tense up become tense. ? tensely adverb. Tenseness none. [latin tensus: related to *tend1]
1 —adjective. 1 stretched tight, strained. 2 causing tenseness (tense moment). —verb. (-sing) make or become tense. ? tense up become tense. ? tensely adverb. Tenseness none. [latin tensus: related to *tend1]
2 none. 1 form of a verb indicating the time (also the continuance or completeness) of the action etc. 2 set of such forms as a paradigm. [latin tempus time]