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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
taut/tɔːt/
▶adjective
- 1 stretched or pulled tight.
■ (of muscles or nerves) tense.
- 2 (of writing, music, etc.) concise and controlled.
- 3 (of a ship) having a disciplined crew.
– derivatives
tauten verb,
tautly adverb,
tautness noun.
tauten verb,
tautly adverb,
tautness noun.
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