Strait Meaning in Spanish

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1. (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
2. (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
3. (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
4. (a.) A narrow pass or passage.
5. (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
6. (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
7. (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
8. (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
9. (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.
10. (a.) A variant of Straight.
11. (v. t.) To put to difficulties.
12. (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
13. (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

1. (a.) Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.

1. (n.) A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.

1. (a.) Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
2. (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
3. (a.) Bound with stays.

1. (n.) Same as Strait-jacket.

1. (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
2. (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
3. (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Straiten

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straiten

1. (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
2. (adv.) Closely; intimately.