strait

1. a. A variant of Straight. Source: opted

2. superl. Narrow; not broad. Source: opted

3. superl. Tight; close; closely fitting. Source: opted

4. superl. Close; intimate; near; familiar. Source: opted

5. superl. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. Source: opted

6. superl. Difficult; distressful; straited. Source: opted

7. superl. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. Source: opted

8. adv. Strictly; rigorously. Source: opted

9. a. A narrow pass or passage. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

11. a. A neck of land; an isthmus. Source: opted

12. a. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. Source: opted

13. v. t. To put to difficulties. Source: opted

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