[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid .", "in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung ; taut :a tense person.", "characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings:a tense moment.", "Phonetics.pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow . Compare lax1( def 7 ) lax1( def 7 )."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to make or become tense."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.", "a set of such categories or constructions in a particular language.", "the time, as past, present, or future, expressed by such a category.", "such categories or constructions, or their meanings collectively."]}]