Keywords: tightness, endurance, tight, tighten
Sign Definition
As a Noun
1. The quality of clothes and shoes fitting very closely to your body. English = tightness.
2. The quality of chains, ropes and fasteners being held firmly in place. English = tightness.
3. The ability to bear a painful or difficult situation calmly and patiently. English = endurance.
4. The quality of something that does not change its shape much when you press or bend it, although it is not completely hard.
As a Verb or Adjective
1. Of clothes and shoes, to fit very closely to your body. English = (be) tight, (be) tight fitting.
2. To pull a rope or chain so that it is straight; to move or turn a fastening so that it is more firmly in place or holds something more firmly. English = tighten.
3. To bear a painful or difficult situation calmly and patiently. English = endure, withstand. Idiomatic English = suffer in silence.
4. To want to go and urinate desperately and urgently, especially when you are in a situation where you can't go immediately. Idiomatic English = bursting to go to the toilet.
