| bander |
| 1. v. to bandage | |
| 2. v. to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten | |
| 3. v. to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on | |
| Je bande pour toi. - I’ve got a hard-on for you. | |
| raidir |
| 1. v. stiffen (to make stiff) | |
| remonter |
| 1. v. to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb | |
| 2. v. (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again | |
| 3. v. (of clothing) to go up, to ride up | |
| 4. v. to go back, to return | |
| remonter le fil du temps - to go back in time | |
| 5. v. to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to) | |
| 6. v. to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up | |
| 7. v. to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard | |
| 8. v. to turn back up | |
| 9. v. (of a clock) to wind up | |
| serrer |
| 1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot) | |
| Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much. | |
| Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough. | |
| 2. v. to shake (hands) | |
| J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand. | |
| 3. v. to squeeze | |
| Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days. | |
| 4. v. to squeeze | |
| Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him. | |
| 5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands) | |
| Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands. | |
| 6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with | |
| 7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone) | |
| tendre |
| 1. adj. tender (soft, delicate) | |
| 2. v. to tighten | |
| 3. v. to stretch out | |
| 4. v. (indtr, vers) to tend towards | |
| tendre vers l'infini - to tend to infinity | |
| 5. v. (indtr, vers) to strive for | |
| 6. v. to become taut | |
