Thesaurus: strait

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