strait

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Synonyms: strain, trait, straint, straik, streit, strat, straat, stract

Antonyms: strain, trait, straint, straik, streit, strat, straat, stract

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[narrow|Narrow]]; [[restricted]] as to [[space]] or [[room]]; [[close]].
2. {{lb|en|archaic}} [[righteous|Righteous]], [[strict]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[tight|Tight]]; [[close]]; [[tight-fitting]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[close|Close]]; [[intimate]]; [[near]]; [[familiar]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Difficult; distressful.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[parsimonious|Parsimonious]]; [[stingy]]; [[mean]].
7. {{obs sp of|en|straight}}, {{n-g|now a}} {{misspelling of|en|straight|nocap=1}}.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q37901}}{{lb|en|geography}} A narrow [[channel]] of water connecting two larger [[body of water|bodies of water]].
2. A narrow pass, passage or street.
3. A [[neck]] of land; an [[isthmus]].
4. {{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A difficult position.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[confine]]; put to difficulties.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To [[tighten]].

Adverb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Strictly; rigorously.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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