Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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electric | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tense | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
electric (noun) | tense (noun) |
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a car that is powered by electricity | a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time |
electric (adjective) | tense (adjective) |
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using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | taut or rigid; stretched tight |
affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') |
(of a situation) exceptionally tense | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
electric (verb) | tense (verb) |
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cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | |
become tense, nervous, or uneasy | |
increase the tension on | |
become stretched or tense or taut |