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• v  make tight or tighter
• v  become tight or tighter
  The rope tightened
• v  restrict
• v  narrow or limit

• While the results are positive news for an Obama campaign that has seen the race tighten over the past few weeks, there are encouraging signs for McCain as well.
• And he has never recanted his belief that the Fed should tighten credit mildly at the first signs of renewed inflation.
• Put simply, any Fed moves to tighten may set off a further stampede into the hottest stocks around.

• fasten
• stiffen
• tighten up
• constrain
• reduce

News & Articles

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• Banks Fighting Capital Rules in Denmark Get Slammed by Rohde
  Lars Rohde, the governor of Denmark’s central bank, lashed out at the nation’s banks for resisting efforts to tighten capital requirements.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Tighter Oversight of Aircraft Design Urged by U.S. FAA
  U.S. regulators want to tighten oversight of aircraft-industry suppliers, such as the subcontractors that helped Boeing Co.design and build the 787’s batteries, to reflect lessons learned from the plane’s grounding.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Bernanke's New Dance Is Called 'The Tighten Up'
  Bernanke's New Dance Is Called 'The Tighten Up'
  June 10, 2013 - Nasdaq