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strait

Pronunciation: /stɹeɪt/

The English word “strait” has 13 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
  2. Righteous, strict.
  3. Tight; close; tight-fitting.
  4. Close; intimate; near; familiar.
  5. Difficult; distressful.
  6. Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

noun

  1. A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
  2. A narrow pass, passage or street.
  3. A neck of land; an isthmus.
  4. A difficult position.

verb

  1. To confine; put to difficulties.
  2. To tighten.

adverb

  1. Strictly; rigorously.

Etymology

From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”). Doublet of stretto and strict.

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