Thesaurus: straiten

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1. v. t. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
2. v. t. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
3. 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.
4. v. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
5. v. squeeze together
6. 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. Pope. 3. 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.
7. v. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship v. squeeze together