[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tauten
     v 1: become taut or tauter; "yur muscles will firm when you
          exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" syn: firm
     2: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" syn: firm
see also:
firm 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "tauten":
   continue, crank, crank in, drag out, draw, draw in, draw out,
   draw taut, elongate, extend, lengthen, lengthen out, let out,
   produce, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull in, reel,
   reel in, spin out, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out,
   tackle, tense, tighten, trim, winch, wind in, windlass

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