Strong; uncompromising.
Containing only relevant parts; brief and controlled.
Experiencing anxiety or stress.
Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
Not flabby; firm, toned; (of a person) having a lean, strong body.
Neat and well-disciplined; (by extension) efficient and in order.
To make taut; to tauten, to tighten.
Not noble; ignoble; base.
Of a metal, being at the lower end of the electrochemical series, i.e. oxidising readily.
To make (someone or something) no longer noble