Pumped-up
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: inflated raised by pumping tense with excitement or enthusiasm
Tense
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. The basic tenses in English are present, past and future. English also has perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect and future perfect) and progressive tenses.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make or become tense.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.Pulled taut, without any slack.
Example sentence: Where you come from now is much less important than where you're going. More and more of us are rooted in the future or the present tense as much as in the past. And home, we know, is not just the place where you happen to be born. It's the place where you become yourself.