引締める

(1) 共通の原因または感情を結びつける(bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together")(bring together in a common cause or emotion)

⇒彼らの子供の死亡は、彼らを結びつけた(bring together in a common cause or emotion)

(2) きついまたはよりきつく作る(make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire")(make tight or tighter)

⇒ワイヤーをきつく締める(make tight or tighter)

(3) 緊張や心配あるいは神経質であるか気がかりを引き起こす(cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up")(cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious)

⇒彼は緊張させられる電話を彼の弁護士からもらった(cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious)

(4) 伸びる、緊張する、または張り詰める(become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached")(become stretched or tense or taut)

⇒ボディービルダーの首の筋肉は緊張した；おもりが付けられてロープがピンと張った(become stretched or tense or taut)