a. | 1. | A variant of Straight. |
1. | Narrow; not broad. | |
2. | Tight; close; closely fitting. | |
3. | Close; intimate; near; familiar. | |
4. | Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. | |
5. | Difficult; distressful; straited. | |
6. | Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. | |
adv. | 1. | Strictly; rigorously. |
n. | 1. | A narrow pass or passage. |
2. | (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; - often in the plural; | |
3. | A neck of land; an isthmus. | |
4. | Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; - sometimes in the plural; | |
v. t. | 1. | To put to difficulties. |
Noun | 1. | strait - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water Synonyms: sound |
2. | strait - a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | |
Adj. | 1. | strait - strict and severe; "strait is the gate" |