1. comparative form of taut; more tightly stretched or drawn
2. comparative form of taut; more tense or strained

Examples

• The rope became tauter as more weight was added.
• Her muscles grew tauter with each passing minute of the workout.
• The violin string sounds better when it’s tauter.
• His face looked tauter after the stressful meeting.
• The canvas needs to be tauter to paint properly.
• The wire fence became tauter after we tightened the posts.