Definitions
1.NounThe property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists."Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense."
2.NounAn inflected form of a verb that indicates tense."English only has a past tense and a non-past tense; it has no future tense."
3.NounA grammatical aspect.
4.NounA verb form or construction indicating a combination of tense, aspect, and mood."The "simple present" tense in English can have several meanings.; The Spanish teacher told the student to use the imperfect tense instead of the preterite tense."
5.VerbTo apply a tense to."tensing a verb"
6.AdjectiveShowing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed."You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense."
7.AdjectiveCharacterized by strain (on the nerves, emotions, etc).
8.AdjectivePulled taut, without any slack.
9.AdjectiveProduced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
10.VerbTo make tense.
11.VerbTo become tense.