tighten (v.)
- affix
- anchor
- annex
- attach
- back
- belay
- box
- brace
- cement
- cinch
- circumscribe
- clamp
- clinch
- close
- compress
- confine
- continue
- cramp
- crank
- crush
- draw
- elongate
- engraft
- extend
- fasten
- fix
- graft
- grapple
- hem
- knit
- lengthen
- limit
- localize
- moor
- narrow
- nip
- pinch
- press
- produce
- prolong
- protract
- pull
- qualify
- reel
- reinforce
- restrict
- rigidify
- secure
- set
- squeeze
- stiffen
- stint
- strain
- strengthen
- stretch
- tackle
- tauten
- tense
- trim
- tweak
- winch