Often Seen Wrapping The Present

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• cause to come to know personally

• bring something new to an environment

• place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

• bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment

• bring in or establish in a new place or environment

• put or introduce into something

• bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

• put before (a body)

• furnish with a preface or introduction

• be a precursor of