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| bow2 |
a weapon, used for shooting arrows, made of a curved strip of wood or other material with a cord stretched taut between the two ends. [1/7 definitions] |
| draw |
to make taut. [1/19 definitions] |
| lax |
not taut or compact; slack or loose. [1/3 definitions] |
| loose |
not tightly drawn or stretched; not taut; slack. [1/15 definitions] |
| slack1 |
not tight or taut. [1/12 definitions] |
| stretch |
to pull or draw tightly; make taut. [1/19 definitions] |
| tauten |
to make or become taut. |
| tense1 |
pulled or stretched tightly; taut. [1/4 definitions] |
| tight |
stretched taut. [1/11 definitions] |
| unbend |
to relax or remove the tension in or from (something bent, stretched taut, or the like); straighten; loosen. [1/3 definitions] |
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