Strait Synonyms & Definitions

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• StraitDefinition & Meaning in English

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.

• StraitenedDefinition & Meaning in English

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

• StraitenDefinition & Meaning in English

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.