Finnish

(index ki)

Verb

kiristää

1. (transitive) to tighten (make tight)
2. (transitive) to tighten (to make money harder to borrow)
3. (transitive) to extort, blackmail
4. (transitive) to gnash, grind (teeth):

   kiristää hampaitaan

   to gnash one's teeth

5. (transitive) to make more stringent

   Olette kiristäneet sopimuksen ehtoja merkittävästi.

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

6. (transitive) to wring, extort (to obtain by force)

   kiristää lupaus

   to wring a promise

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

   Takki kiristää hartioista.

   The coat is too tight at the shoulders.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• nouns: kiristin, kiristäjä
• verbs: kiristyä