Term: tightening: the act of making something tighter
Candidate hypernym: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ply: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination → 0
Candidate hypernym: penalty: a payment required for not fulfilling a contract → 0
Candidate hypernym: line of duty: all that is normally required in some area of responsibility → 0
Candidate hypernym: food and drug administration: a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products → 0
Candidate hypernym: slender rush: tufted wiry rush of wide distribution → 0
Candidate hypernym: cannikin: a wooden bucket → 0
Candidate hypernym: immoderation: the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation → 0
Candidate hypernym: surfboard: a narrow buoyant board for riding surf → 0
Candidate hypernym: vertical surface: a surface that is vertical → 0
Candidate hypernym: bottom: the lowest part of anything → 0