One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.