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Definition of strait

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Strait (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..

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Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.

Strait-handed :: Straiten (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..

Transfretation :: Transfretation (n.) The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea.

Straightness :: Straightly (adv.) A variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.

Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..

Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) Difficult situation; dilemma; strait.

Strait :: Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.

Hellespont :: Hellespont (n.) A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora..

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait..

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.

Strait :: Straits (pl. ) of Strai.