resserrer
Meanings
Verb
1. to retighten (knot, belt, screw, etc.) (transitive)
2. to tighten (link, knot) (reflexive)
3. to become stricter (discipline) (reflexive)
4. to narrow (road, gap) (reflexive)
Examples13
L'écart entre les coureurs se resserre.
The distance between the runners is narrowing.
Depuis le dernier conseil de classe, la discipline s'est resserrée.
Since the last staff meeting, discipline has got stricter.
Plus l'animal bougeait et plus la corde se resserrait autour de son cou.
The more the animal moved, the more the rope tightened around its neck.
J'en ai resserré un.
I tightened one.
J'en ai resserré une.
I tightened one.
Resserre cette vis !
Tighten this screw.