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Answer for the clue "See 5-Across ", 5 letters:
tight
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Word definitions for tight in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tight \Tight\, a. [Compar. Tighter (t[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Tightest .] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. [thorn =e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t["a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" [ant: loose ] pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, tyght "dense, close, compact," from Middle English thight , from Old Norse þettr "watertight, close in texture, solid," and also from Old English -þiht (compare second element in meteþiht "stout from eating"), both from Proto-Germanic *thinhta- ...
Usage examples of tight.
The Abies girl was lying there dead and stinking and his face got tight, then he made a little fist as though he was going to yell.
Then, very slowly, very gently, he gathered myself and Achates in his arms, and held us tight.
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His chest was hot and tight, his eyes were afire with the sight of her and his hands ached to touch her splendid face.
Without stopping to shut the hatch Sai climbed through and ran along the tight tunnel leading to the aft compartment, and felt the deck tilt as the ship turned at high speed.
Ali Aga caught it, held it tight in his fist as if it were a bird which might fly away, and bent down to kiss the lavish hand.
Keir grabbed the aiglets and held them tight until they fleshed out into hands once again.
But Rae had lived through the inverted version of Alameda, and the closer she got to the old neighborhood, the tighter she clenched her jaw.
Pacino pulled himself to his feet and followed Alameda through the tight passageway aft to the hatch they had come in from, then back to the original airlock and into the next compartment aft.
The Amar were uneasy, moving about constantly, talking in low short bursts, mothers stroking their infants in the birth slings that kept the unformed hatchlings tight against the skin.
In the clearing around the Twins many of the Amar were already asleep, rolled tight into their sleeping leathers, their heads covered, their toes naked to the darkening night.
My first experiences in Egypt, pursuing mummies and climbing up and down cliffs, had convinced me that trailing skirts and tight corsets were a confounded nuisance in that ambience For many years my working costume had consisted of pith helmet and shirtwaist, boots, and Turkish trousers, or bloomers.
The main company of the expedition wanted to sit tight with the tents and weather it out, but Angekok insisted that we would be better off tramping blindly through the snow.
I kept a firm hold on the aquamanile as Drake pulled me tighter against him.
The uniform was as archaistic as tights and a doublet, and much more uncomfortable.