verb
- past tense and past participle of retighten; made tight again or tighter than before
Examples
- He retightened the loose bolts on the bicycle wheel.
- The mechanic retightened all the connections after the repair.
- She retightened her grip on the rope as the wind picked up.
- The screws had come loose, so I retightened them with a screwdriver.
- After the earthquake, workers retightened the building’s structural bolts.
- The lid was retightened to prevent any leaks during shipping.