Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tenses is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- tenses is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- tenses is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of tenses
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious (verb)
Examples
- he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
Synonyms
- strain
- tense up
- become stretched or tense or taut (verb)
Examples
- the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed
Synonyms
- strain
- become tense, nervous, or uneasy (verb)
Examples
- He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room
Synonyms
- tense up
- a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time (noun)
- increase the tension on (verb)
Examples
- alternately relax and tense your calf muscle
- tense the rope manually before tensing the spring
- in or of a state of physical or nervous tension (adjective)
- pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') (adjective)
- taut or rigid; stretched tight (adjective)
Examples
- tense piano strings
See definition of tenses in Merriam Webster