tighten russian

• сжа́ться

  compress

  tighten

• поджа́ть

  tighten up

  tuck

• стяну́ть

  to tighten, to tie up

  (colloquial) to steal, to filch

• затяну́ть

  to tighten

  to prolong, delay, drag out

  to take a drag, a hit

• напря́чься

  to strain oneself to exert oneself

  to tense (up) to be tense to tighten

• подтяну́ть

  pull, pull up, haul up, bring up, move closer up, tighten, join in singing, join in song

• затя́гивать

  to tighten

  to prolong, drag out

  to take a drag, hit

• напряга́ться

  to strain oneself to exert oneself

  to tense (up) to be tense to tighten

• подтяну́ться

  to tighten one's belt

  to pull oneself up, to do pull-ups

  to improve one's standard, to catch up with the rest

  to brace oneself up, to pull oneself together

• стя́гивать

  tighten, tie up, gather, draw up

• завора́чивать

  to screw tight, tighten

  to tuck up, roll up

  to wrap up

  to turn

• подтя́гивать

  pull, pull up, haul up, bring up, move closer up, tighten, join in singing, join in song

• поджима́ть

  tighten up, squeeze up

• подтя́гиваться

  to tighten one's belt

  to pull oneself up, to do pull-ups

  to improve one's standard, to catch up with the rest

  to brace oneself up, to pull oneself together

• натяну́ться

  to become taut, to be stretched, to tighten

  to gather (of clouds), to become overcast (of sky), to darken (of sky)

• закру́чивать

  twirl, twist, wind round, turn right off, turn tight, tighten

• стя́гиваться

  tighten, gather, draw

• утяну́ть

  tighten, steal

• завёртывать

  wrap up, turn, drop in, call, screw tight, tighten, tuck up, roll up

• подви́нчивать

  screw up, tighten, screw

• утя́гивать

  tighten, steal

• поджа́ться

  tighten

  squeeze

  shrink

• ужа́ться

  to shrink, to contract, to narrow

  to cut back, to make sacrifices, to be economical, to tighten one's belt

• недокру́чивать

  to under-tighten, to not twist enough, to not turn enough

• недокрути́ть

  to under-tighten, to not turn enough, to not screw in completely

• стяну́ться

  tighten, gather, draw

• привернуть

  to screw on, to screw in, to tighten (slightly)

• затя́нутый

  tightened

• затя́гиваться

  prolonged, protracted, extended, be tightened, jam, cover, grow overcast, be covered with clouds, skin over, be delayed, be dragged out, drag on, be drawn out, inhale

• та́лреп

  lanyard, turn-buckle, tightening screw

• натя́гивание

  stretching, pulling, drawing, tightening, fitting

• утя́жка

  tightening, cinching, drawing in

  drawstring, elastic band (for tightening), cinch cord

• взви́нчивавший

  who was tightening, who was screwing up, who was jacking up, who was escalating, who was inflaming, who was whipping up

• винтя́щий

  screwing, tightening, fastening with screws

• дови́нчивавший

  who was finishing tightening, who was screwing completely

• дови́нчиваемый

  to be screwed down, requiring further tightening, that can be tightened further

• дови́нчивающий

  finishing screwing, tightening completely

• зави́нченный

  screwed in, tightened, fastened with a screw

• зави́нчивавший

  screwing in, tightening (by screwing), who was screwing in

• зави́нчивавшийся

  that was screwing in, that was tightening itself

  that was being screwed in, that was being tightened

• зави́нчивающий

  screwing (in), tightening (by screwing)

• завинти́вший

  having screwed in, having tightened, who/that screwed in, who/that tightened

• закрути́вший

  twisted, screwed, tightened, spun, having twisted, having screwed

• затя́гиваемый

  being tightened, being pulled tight, being drawn in

  being delayed, being dragged out, being prolonged

• затяну́вший

  having tightened, having pulled tight

  having prolonged, having dragged out, having delayed

  having involved, having drawn into

• напру́живающийся

  tensing, straining, tightening, flexing

• натя́гивавшийся

  that was being stretched, that was being pulled on, that was being tightened

• натя́гивающий

  pulling on, stretching, tightening

• натя́гивающийся

  stretching, tightening, pull-on

• перетя́гивавшийся

  being pulled, being tightened, being re-covered

• перетя́гиваемый

  being pulled (over/across), being drawn, being tightened

• перетя́гивающий

  tightening, constricting, pulling tight

• подви́нчивавший

  tightening, adjusting, that was tightening, that was adjusting

• подви́нчиваемый

  tightenable, adjustable (by screwing), that can be tightened

• подви́нчивающий

  tightening slightly, screwing in slightly

• поджима́вший

  pressing, pinching, tightening, squeezing

• поджима́емый

  pressed, squeezed, clutched, tightened

• подкру́ченный

  spun, with spin

  twisted, slightly tightened, curled

• подкрути́вший

  who has twisted, who has tightened, who has adjusted (by turning)

• поднажа́тый

  tightened, pressed harder, secured firmly

• подтя́гивавший

  pulling up, tightening

  improving, bringing up to standard, boosting

• подтя́гивающийся

  self-pulling, tightening, toning (for muscles)

  improving, catching up, making progress

• подтягиваемый

  being tightened, being pulled up

• подтягивающий

  tightening, firming, lifting, toning

• подтяну́вший

  having toned up, having become fitter

  having pulled up, having tightened

• сжима́вший

  compressing, squeezing, clenching, tightening

• стя́гивавший

  tightening, contracting, constricting

• стя́гивавшийся

  contracting, tightening, drawing together, pulling together

• стя́гивающий

  constricting, tightening, compressive, binding

  astringent

• стя́гивающийся

  contracting, tightening, constricting, self-tightening

• стя́нутый

  tightened, constricted, drawn together

  gathered, collected, concentrated

• стяну́вший

  having tightened, having pulled together, having constricted

  having gathered, having concentrated

  having stolen

• стяну́вшийся

  contracted, tightened, shrunken, drawn together

• су́женный

  narrowed, constricted, tightened, contracted

• ужесточа́вший

  tightening, making stricter, that was tightening, that was making stricter

• ужесточа́вшийся

  tightening, hardening, intensifying, becoming stricter

• ужесточа́емый

  being tightened, being strengthened, being made stricter

• ужесточа́ющий

  tightening, stiffening, making stricter

• ужесточа́ющийся

  tightening, stiffening, hardening, intensifying, becoming stricter

• ужесточенный

  tightened, stricter, toughened, reinforced

• ужесточи́вший

  tightened, made stricter, toughened

• уплотня́ющий

  compacting, densifying, sealing, tightening

• утя́гивающий

  slimming, shaping, compressive, constricting, tightening

• утя́нутый

  pulled in, tightened, cinched

• утягивавший

  pulling in, tightening, cinching, constricting

• утягиваемый

  tightenable, cinchable, constrictable

• утяну́вший

  having pulled away, having dragged in, having tightened

• подтя́гивание

  pull-up; chin-up

  tightening; pulling up

• рестри́кция

  restriction, limitation

  tightening, restrictive measure

• затя́гивание

  prolonging, dragging out

  tightening

Examples

• Напря́чь оборо́ну! Они иду́т!

  Tighten the defences! They're coming!

• Проце́нтные ста́вки повысятся из-за ужесточения монетарной поли́тики.

  Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.

• Иногда мне кажется, Том, что мы с тобой еди́нственные адеква́тные лю́ди здесь. - "Ты права, Мэри. Как э́то ни приско́рбно, но нас окружа́ют одни идио́ты, и кольцо́ их неумолимо сжима́ется".

  Sometimes it seems, Tom, that we're the only reasonable people over here. "You're right, Mary. However sad it is, we're surrounded by idiots alone, and their ring is inexorably tightening."

• Э́ти винты́ надо подтяну́ть.

  These screws need tightening.

• Большие гру́ппы вооружённых до зубо́в солда́т уси́лили свой ​​контро́ль над столи́цей. Они блоки́руют у́лицы, оцепля́ют прави́тельственные зда́ния и аэропо́рт.

  Scores of heavily armed soldiers tightened their grip on the capital. They are blocking streets and cordoning off government buildings as well as the airport.

• Вы до́лжны затяну́ть у́зел.

  You must tighten the knot.

• Ты должен затяну́ть у́зел.

  You must tighten the knot.

• Том покрепче сжал биту руко́й.

  Tom tightened his grip on the bat.

• Ма́лому би́знесу придётся затяну́ть пояса, чтобы вы́жить.

  Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.

• Затяни́ э́тот винт.

  Tighten this screw.

• Том затяну́л болты́.

  Tom tightened the bolts.

• Том затяну́л у́зел.

  Tom tightened the knot.

• Му́скулы Тома напрягли́сь, когда Мэри прикосну́лась к его плечу́.

  Tom's muscles tightened when Mary touched his shoulder.

• Теперь всё, что тебе надо сде́лать, э́то затяну́ть винт — и де́ло в шля́пе.

  Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.

• Я затяну́л болты́.

  I tightened the bolts.