tendu

[ tahn-doo; French tahn-dy ]

adjective

, Ballet.

1. of or relating to a movement that is stretched or held.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tendu¹

1920–25; < French: stretched, past participle of tendre to stretch, extend

Example Sentences

De ce fait le rayon d'action devient plus tendu et plus loign de la cte.

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(The tendu tree.24) It is said that the original ancestor of this sept was walking in the forest with his pregnant wife.

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Perhaps the original idea may have been that she conceived through swallowing a tendu fruit.

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Members of this sept eat the fruit of the tendu tree, but do not cut the tree nor make any use of its leaves or branches.

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She saw some tendu fruit and longed for it and he gave it to her to eat.

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