kiristää

kireä +‎ -istää (factitive aspect)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiristæːˣ/,
• Rhymes: -iristæː
• Hyphenation^(key): ki‧ris‧tää

kiristää

1. (transitive) to tighten (make tight)
2. (transitive) to tighten (to make money harder to borrow)
3. (transitive) to make more strict or stringent

   Olette kiristäneet sopimuksen ehtoja merkittävästi.

   You have made the terms of the contract much more stringent.

4. (transitive, often atelic) to gnash, grind (teeth)

   kiristää hampaitaan ― to gnash one's teeth

5. (intransitive, of a garment) to be too tight

   Takki kiristää hartioista.

   The coat is too tight at the shoulders.

6. (transitive, often atelic) to extort, blackmail
7. (transitive) to wring, extort (to obtain by force)

   kiristää lupaus ― to wring a promise

• “kiristää”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02