Term: tightening: the act of making something tighter
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: ply: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: penalty: a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: line of duty: all that is normally required in some area of responsibility
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: 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
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: slender rush: tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: cannikin: a wooden bucket
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: immoderation: the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: surfboard: a narrow buoyant board for riding surf
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: vertical surface: a surface that is vertical
Broader: alteration: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Unrelated: bottom: the lowest part of anything