strait.
Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
Meaning & usage
Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
Righteous, strict.
to follow the strait and narrow
Tight; close; tight-fitting.
Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Difficult; distressful.
Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
Obsolete spelling of straight, now a misspelling of straight.
Where this word comes from
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.
A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
the Strait of Gibraltar
A narrow pass, passage or street.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
A difficult position.
to be in dire straits
Where this word comes from
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.
To confine; put to difficulties.
To tighten.
Where this word comes from
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.
Strictly; rigorously.
Where this word comes from
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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