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What does tensing mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of tense
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At a muscular level, it strengthens the cellular myofibers of the striate musculature, exercising a natural tensing effect.
He sat on the edge of the cot, tensing as though for a leap at Conn's throat.
When I shouted 'Fire Mission' it was as if I were tensing my trigger finger.
The first deals with cranial tensing which will secure the cranium during the first part of the child's passage in the birth channel.
I couldn't keep myself from tensing at seeing her beautiful face, the face in my dreams and that I fantasized about holding and kissing.
Azrael had jammed on the brakes, sending the automobile into a short skid forward, the sudden movement tensing his new muscles and flesh quickly.

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