натяну́ться

rare #18530

1.
to become taut, to be stretched tight, to tighten
Ко́жа на бараба́не натяну́лась.
The drum skin became taut.
2.
(rare) to cloud over, to become overcast, to gather (of clouds), to darken (of sky)
Не́бо бы́стро натяну́лось ту́чами.
The sky quickly clouded over.
Colloquial, of the sky or clouds.

Examples

Нить, дёргаемая рыбой, натянулась сильнее.
The thread, being tugged by the fish, grew tauter.
Канат, перетягиваемый рабочими, натянулся до предела.
The rope being pulled by the workers stretched to its limit.
Небо натянулось тучами перед дождем.
The sky became overcast with clouds before the rain.
Веревка натянулась и порвалась от груза.
The rope became taut and snapped under the load.
Струна натянулась и зазвучала звонко.
The string tightened and began to ring brightly.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	натяни́сь
вы	натяни́тесь

тяну́тьto pull; to drag out; to delay; to stretch out; to draw; to drag (someone somewhere); to lay (a cable); to weigh; to support; to drawl
verbimperfective
втяну́тьto draw in; to drag into; to pull in; to haul up
verbperfective
утяну́тьto drag away; to tighten; to steal
verbperfective
вы́тянутьto pull out; to stretch out; to hold out; to worm out (of somebody); to squeeze out (of somebody); to manage; to bring up; to get (somebody) out of
verbperfective
дотяну́тьto drag (as far as); to hold out (until)
verbperfective

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