tarten
verbEtymology
Definitions
To make tart or bitter
- These faults in a scholar tend to tarten the writing, to enliven the reader.
- I loved their shouts of welcome as I trudged across the fields carrying the heavy jug. Mama mixed the old time drink from cold well water, a pinch of ginger, molasses and some vinegar to tarten it.
- He knew precisely when to spice the orchestration with percussive pepper, when to add a pinch more of sugar, when to tarten the mixture with a squeeze or two of lime.
To become tart or bitter
- […] her sweetness tartened as one side of her clutched loyalty, the other love.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA