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Tight [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Close; compact; not loose or open; having the joints so close that no fluid can enter or escape; not leaky; as a tight ship, or a tight cask.

2. Close; not admitting much air; as a tight room.

3. Sitting close to the body; as a tight coat or other garment.

4. Close; not having holes or crevices; not loose; applied to many vessels, etc.

5. Close; hard; as a tight bargain. [In common use in America.]

6. Close; parsimonious; saving; as a man tight in his dealings. [In common use in America.]

7. Closely dressed; not ragged.

8. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight

9. Hardy; adroit.

10. [Note. This is the taugt or taught of seamen, applied to a rope stretched. The primary sense is strained.]

Tight Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. of Tie

2. p. p. of Tie.

Tight [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

7. Handy; adroit; brisk.

8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

9. Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Tight [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To tighten.

Tighten [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ti'tn. To draw tighter; to straiten; to make close in any manner.

Tighten [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Tightened [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tighten

Tightener [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

Tightening [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Tighten

Tighter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A ribin or string used to draw clothes closer. [Not used.]

2. More tight.

Tighter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Tightly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Closely; compactly.

2. Neatly; adroitly.

Tightly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Tightness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Closeness of joints; compactness; straitness.

2. Neatness, as in dress.

3. Parsimoniousness; closeness in dealing.

Tightness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or condition of being tight.

Tights [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

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0 KJV and 10 BSB verses contain “Tight”

Joshua 6:1

Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.

Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.

Judges 16:13

And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:14

And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.

Job 40:17

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

Job 41:15

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.

Job 41:23

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.

Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.

The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.

Ezekiel 27:24

These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.

Zechariah 8:23

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”