"firms" in the noun sense

1. firm, house, business firm

the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

"he worked for a brokerage house"

"firms" in the verb sense

1. tauten, firm

become taut or tauter

"Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"

"the rope tautened"

2. tauten, firm

make taut or tauter

"tauten a rope"

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