In a tense manner.

(grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. / (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

(grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. / Pulled taut, without any slack.

(transitive) To make tense. / (intransitive) To become tense.

plural of tense

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tense

present participle of tense

The act of making something tense.

The characteristic of being tense. / (phonetics) A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.