loose, loosen, relax

toughen, loosen, tighten, harden, soften, strengthen, constrict, weaken, clamp, unhinge, crack, thicken, bolster, lighten, fortify, galvanize, restrict, tweak, lengthen, stifle, sharpen, cripple, prod, shake, intensify, flexed, push, shrivel, discourage, rattle, deflate, beefing, buckle, calcify, alter, flatten, heighten, slacken, rile, unsettle, deter, irritate, uncurl, repel, lift, relent, defang, solidify, depress, dampen, curtail, aggravate, reshape, punish, deform, discomfit, clench, hobble, inflame, reimpose, spur, stymie, pierce, impose, complicate, stir, diminish, straighten, stabilize, reinforce, shatter, immobilize, rankle, dislodge, ramped, shiver, hinder, lessen, sag, erode, bend, tenderize, unnerve, soothe, ratcheting, relaxes, invigorate, constrain, improve, dispirit, exert, crumble, distend, deaden, falter, redoubled, steeled, criminalize, dismantle, curb, undo, outlaw

buckram, exhibition game, follow-on, practice game, rigidify, starch

., brace, bracing, buckram, crinoline, nervure, size, sizing, starch, stay, vein

bound, change, confine, limit, restrain, throttle, trammel

tighten up