Crossword clues for tense
tense
- Far from laid-back
- In knots
- Under stress
- Needing a chill pill
- Grammar concern
- Future, e.g
- Emotionally charged
- All wired up
- Strung out
- Not calm
- Needing kneading, perhaps
- In need of a backrub
- Hardly at ease
- Form of a verb
- Wired, in a way
- Tighten (up)
- Past perfect, for one
- Not loosey-goosey
- Needing to chill out
- Like a nail-biter
- In a knot
- Grammatical concern
- Future, for one
- Full of angst
- Flex (muscles)
- Feeling pressure
- Feeling anxious
- Wrought up
- Present or perfect
- Pearl Jam "Present ___"
- Past perfect, e.g
- Opposite of relaxed
- Like a close game, usually
- It can be past or present, in grammar
- In need of chilling
- In need of a chill pill
- Imperfect, e.g
- Grammarian's subject
- Fraught with anxiety
- Feeling stressed out
- Feeling jittery
- Feeling edgy
- Feeling antsy
- April Wine "Future ___"
- Wound tighter than a drum
- Verb category
- Unable to speak, perhaps
- Topic in grammar class
- Too wound up to relax
- Tightened up
- The past, for example
- Term in grammar
- Temporal language element
- Taut, rigid
- React to a sudden noise
- Rather uncomfortable
- Preterit or present
- Present, to a grammarian
- Present, say
- Present, for the verb "present"
- Present perfect, for one
- Present perfect, e.g
- Present for an English teacher?
- Present __
- Pluperfect for one
- Perfect, say
- Perfect or pluperfect
- Perfect or imperfect
- Perfect __
- Past, present, or future, in grammar
- Past, present, or future verb form
- Past, for the verb "passed"
- Past, for instance
- Past, e.g
- Past ___ (what the verb form "ran" is)
- On the verge of snapping
- Not chilling
- Not at ease
- Napalm Death "Passive ___"
- Linguist's subject
- Like uncomfortable silences
- Like sudden-death overtimes
- Like sudden-death overtime
- Like sports crowds during a close game
- Like someone pacing back and forth
- Like some negotiations
- Like overtime games
- Like a new driver
- It may be past, present, or future
- It may be past or present
- It may be imperfect
- In need of a neck rub, maybe
- Hardly chill
- Grammatical time setter
- Grammar lesson topic
- Geddy Lee's "The Present ___"
- Geddy Lee "The Present ___"
- Future or past
- Full of suspense
- Full of anxiety
- Finding it difficult to relax
- Feeling stage fright
- Clenched, say
- Can be past or present
- All in knots
- About to freak out
- A nervous rocker is this
- A number drink, we hear, and become strained
- Perfect maybe on horseback? Don't relax
- Perfect, e.g.
- Present, for one
- Itchy, in a way
- It may be perfect
- What a will, e.g., may indicate?
- English 101 subject
- Uptight
- Present, for example, in English class
- Knotted up
- Edgy
- Jittery
- High-strung
- Stretched tight
- Wound up
- On edge
- Jumpy
- Keyed up
- Stressed out
- Needing kneading?
- Like a game overtime
- It may be present
- Pluperfect, e.g.
- Brace, in a way
- Like sudden-death playoffs
- Present, e.g.
- Not at all relaxed
- Rigid; taut
- Not easy
- Worked up
- Ex-lax?
- Not relaxed
- In danger of snapping
- Lacking slack
- All keyed up
- All wound up
- Noun concerning verbs
- Like a Hitchcock audience, typically
- Language study topic
- Like a tie game in overtime
- Tied up in knots
- Past, present or future
- In need of a massage, maybe
- In need of a rubdown
- Needing a massage, say
- Nail-biting
- Needing a massage, maybe
- What a verb ending may indicate
- Time indicator, of sorts
- In need of a back rub, say
- Future perfect, for one
- Past or present, e.g
- A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
- Future perfect, e.g.
- Verb form
- Highly charged
- Nervous about verbs?
- Anxious
- Strained
- Taut or rigid
- Past or present, e.g.
- Stiffen, with "up"
- Future, e.g.
- Present or past, for example
- It might be past
- Pluperfect, for one
- Past, e.g.
- Past or future, e.g.
- Suspenseful
- Cliff-hanging
- Past or future, e.g
- Past, for one
- All nerves
- Past or imperfect
- Drawn tight
- Very strong, but not in past or present, say
- Maybe past worrying
- Causing anxiety decades before EU’s beginning
- Stretched tight, rigid
- Under emotional pressure in past?
- Anxious for the future, say
- On pins and needles
- Grammar class subject
- Grammarian's concern
- Grammar subject
- Grammar topic
- In need of a massage, perhaps
- 1492 vessel
- On tenterhooks
- Tightly stretched
- Apt to snap
- Present, e.g
- Without slack
- English class topic
- Walking on eggshells
- Unable to relax
- Pluperfect, e.g
- Needing kneading
- Not slack
- Tightly wound
- Ready to snap
- Feeling nervous
- A bundle of nerves
- Hardly relaxed
- Very nervous
- Showing strain
- Perfect, e.g
- Needing kneading, maybe
- Far from relaxed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tense \Tense\, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time, tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
Note: The primary simple tenses are three: those which express time past, present, and future; but these admit of modifications, which differ in different languages.
Tense \Tense\, a. [L. tensus, p. p. of tendere to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Toise.] Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
The temples were sunk, her forehead was tense, and a
fatal paleness was upon her.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] -- Tense"ly, adv. -- Tense"ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"stretched tight," 1660s, from Latin tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Figurative sense of "in a state of nervous tension" is first recorded 1821. Related: Tensely; tenseness.
"form of a verb showing time of an action or state," early 14c., tens "time," also "tense of a verb" (late 14c.), from Old French tens "time, period of time, era; occasion, opportunity; weather" (11c., Modern French temps), from Latin tempus "a portion of time" (also source of Spanish tiempo, Italian tempo; see temporal).
"to make tense," 1670s, from tense (adj.); intransitive sense of "to become tense" (often tense up) is recorded from 1946. Related: Tensed; tensing.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context grammar English) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. vb. (context grammar transitive English) To apply a tense to. Etymology 2
1 show signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. 2 Pulled taut, without any slack. v
To make or become tense.
WordNet
v. stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope" [syn: strain]
increase the tension on; "tense a rope"
become tense or tenser; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room" [syn: tense up] [ant: relax]
make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; [syn: strain, tense up] [ant: relax, relax]
n. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
Wikipedia
Tense may refer to:
- Grammatical tense, a grammatical category expressing the time when a state or action denoted by a verb occurs
- Tense–aspect–mood, a set of grammatical categories frequently referred to as "tense" in traditional grammar
- Tenseness, a phonological quality frequently associated with vowels and occasionally with consonants
- Tense, a state of muscle contraction
- Tense (album), a 2014 studio album by South Korean pop duo TVXQ
Tense is the title of an art installation made by Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio in 1990. The work consists of printed rolls of wallpaper featuring an orange motif, "the paper was pasted on the walls, and on the floor Gallaccio made an oblong 'carpet' comprising one ton of Valencia oranges which gradually decayed over the duration of the show."
Considering the work in his 2001 essay, Oranges and Lemons and Oranges and Bananas, British art critic, historian and academic Michael Archer said,: "As a somewhat opportune indication that we are dealing here with continuities as much as breaks and new beginnings, it could be pointed out that Anya Gallaccio’s contribution to Bond’s East Country Yard Show was a ton of oranges spread in a large rectangle on the floor. Together with an orange-motif wallpaper plastering one of the walls, the work made reference to the building’s past as a fruit warehouse and its planned future as a luxury residence."
The work was on display at the 1990 exhibition East Country Yard Show.
Tense is the seventh Korean studio album (thirteenth overall) by South Korean pop duo TVXQ. It was released on January 6, 2014 by S.M. Entertainment. The record was promoted as a commemorative album for the duo's tenth debut anniversary, which fell on December 26, 2013. Tense consists of modern R&B and pop songs with components of neo soul. Its lead single, " Something", also has elements of swing jazz with big band arrangements. Lyrically, the album references the concepts of love, courage and hope. The repackage of Tense, Spellbound, was released on February 27, 2014.
Tense received general acclaim from music critics, who commended the album's cohesive production and TVXQ's vocal performance. In South Korea, the album debuted at number one on the Gaon Albums Chart, giving TVXQ their third consecutive number-one since the chart's establishment in 2010. In Japan, Tense debuted at number four on the Oricon Albums Chart, making it the duo's second Korean album to enter the chart's top-five. According to the Gaon Albums Chart, Tense is the fourth best-selling Korean album of 2014, selling 196,971 physical units.
Usage examples of "tense".
Though she was pleasant and responded any time he essayed a remark, Caleb sensed Alleluia growing tense or at least very focused, and be eventually gave up all attempts at conversation.
The game, slow and subtle, tense and attenuated, stretched from morning to afternoon and then to evening.
Kotara tensed, for she recognized the fiend for what it was, a knight banneret in the hosts of darkness.
Batty and Carob perched on his shoulder, Batty tense and straight, Carob hunched as if in thought.
Shannon kept glancing uncertainly from Brewster to the chamberpot and back again, her body tense, poised as if she were ready to either strike or flee.
This time Maslin was ready for her because he had seen her tense as she prepared to launch herself around the rock, and he was right behind her as they exploded around the curve in the trail.
Though not an exceptionally tall woman, to Maia she seemed to rise above her like a tree, multifold, instinct with a quality of pliant, tense motion.
I also found out that overtired children are often too tense to sleep.
Everyone from Ardiff on down had his own opinion on whether or not it was true, none of them could prove their opinion to anyone else, and the entire ship was about as tense as an overwound throwbow.
But as they closed upon us, I became aware of their heavy breathing, the creak of their tense bones, the pacy, panicked pounding of their hearts.
The musculature was tense and boardlike and the abdominal contents were difficult to palpate because of this, but the whole area was tender to the touch.
Roy Parrell was staring straight at the prosecutor, too tense to make a move while Goodling held that ready gun.
The passive is formed by the addition of the participle preterit to the different tenses of the verb to be, which must therefore be here exhibited.
It is strong and steadfast, though, and in time is always victorious over its menial opposition, for what is history but the past tense of truth, and it is justly said that veritas numquam perit, truth never dies.
It was an important game to both teams, as they fought for a playoff berth, and a tense series of downs.