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strait, also (old or non-standard) straight or (Spenser and Milton) streight /strāt/ noun- A narrow part, place, or passage, esp (often in pl) by water
- (usu in pl) difficulty, distress, hardship
adjective (obsolete or rare)- Close
- Narrow
- Strict
- Rigorous
- Hard-pressed, needy
- Sparing in giving
- Tight (Shakespeare)
adverb (obsolete or rare)- Tightly
- Closely
- Narrowly
- Strictly
- Rigorously
- With hardship
transitive verb (obsolete or rare)- To tighten
- To narrow
- To put in a difficulty
- To reduce to hardship
ORIGIN: OFr estreit (Fr étroit), from L strictus, pap of stringere to draw tight straitˈen transitive verb - To distress
- To put into difficulties
- To run short
- To narrow (archaic)
- To confine (archaic)
- To tighten (obsolete)
intransitive verb (archaic)To narrow straitˈened adjective straitˈly adverb (obsolete or archaic) - Tightly
- Narrowly
- Closely
- Strictly
straitˈness noun (rare) straitˈjacket noun - A garment for restraining a person with violent tendencies, consisting of a padded jacket with arms crossing in front and tying behind (also straitˈwaistcoat)
- Anything which inhibits freedom of movement or initiative (figurative)
transitive verb - To put into a straitjacket
- To inhibit severely
strait-lacedˈ adjective - Narrow in principles of behaviour
- Prudish
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