Tense | Mean of tense in English Dictionary

/ˈtɛns/

• nervous and not able to relax
1. She was feeling pretty tense.
2. Why are you so tense?
• showing or causing nervousness
1. a tense situation
2. We sat quietly for a few tense moments.
3. It was a tense meeting.
4. a tense thriller
• not relaxed but hard and tight
1. My calf muscles are really tense.
2. tense muscles
• Verb

• to make (a muscle) hard and tight
1. She tensed her shoulders.
2. Her shoulders tensed (up).
• to become nervous or tense
1. She tensed as he walked toward her.
2. He tensed up and missed the putt.
• Noun
• a form of a verb that is used to show when an action happened
1. The sentence will read better if you change the tense of the verb.
2. You should avoid changing tense in the middle of a paragraph.