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   straiten

   /ˈstreɪt(ə)n/

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   • 1. make or become narrow: archaic "the passage was straitened by tables"

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   What does straiten mean?

   • Hatsell, Baron—Mr. Cowper, I would not have you straiten yourself, but only ask those questions that are pertinent. He told me he could not say but it might straiten him a little; but, however, it was my money, and I might want it more than he. Straiten definition: to put into difficulties, especially financial ones.

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   What is another word for Strait?

   • To make strait or narrow. To hem in closely. To bring into difficulties; cause to be in distress or want. To enclose in a limited area; confine. To restrict or confine in scope, range, etc.; hamper. Find similar words to straiten using the buttons below.

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   What does the term 'strait' mean?

   • The term 'strait' means narrow. Think of a strait in a river, also known as a narrows. Strait-laced refers to a corset that is laced up really tightly, presumably either a cause or a result of a certain frame of mind. Straits (used with a singular verb) is a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.

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   What does poverty straiten mean?

   • His obligations had straitened him. Poverty straitens one's way of living. Archaic. to make narrow. to confine within narrow limits. archaic. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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   Straiten definition: to put into difficulties, especially financial ones. See examples of STRAITEN used in a sentence.

   • Straits Dollar

     Straits dollar definition: a former silver coin and monetary...

   • Straitened

     Straitened definition: characterized by financial difficulty...

   • Straining Piece

     Straining piece definition: (in a queen-post roof) a...

   • Straining Sill

     Straining sill definition: (in a roof with a queen post) a...

   • Straining Arch

     Straining arch definition: an arch for resisting thrusts, as...

   • Strait-Lace

     Strait-lace definition: to bind, confine, or restrain with...

   • Straits Settlements

     Straits Settlements definition: a former British crown...

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   To straiten is to restrict financially, the way having your rent increase can straiten your circumstances if your salary stays the same. The verb straiten is an old-fashioned one, but it's one way to describe a situation that's been diminished or constrained, usually because of money problems.

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   1. a. : to make strait or narrow. b. : to hem in : confine. 2. archaic : to restrict in freedom or scope : hamper. 3. : to subject to distress, privation, or deficiency. in straitened circumstances. Examples of straiten in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web But her circumstances did not remain straitened for long.

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   1. to put into difficulties, esp. financial ones. His obligations had straitened him. 2. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc. Poverty straitens one's way of living.

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   Straiten means to put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. It also has archaic meanings of making or becoming narrow, confining, or restricting. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.

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   Definitions of 'straiten' 1. to embarrass or distress, esp financially. [...] 2. to limit, confine, or restrict. [...] 3. archaic. to make or become narrow. [...] More. Conjugations of 'straiten' present simple: I straiten, you straiten [...] past simple: I straitened, you straitened [...] past participle: straitened. More.

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   Straiten definition: To put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.