STRAITEN


Meaning of STRAITEN in English

/strayt"n/ , v.t.

1. to put into difficulties, esp. financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.

2. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc: Poverty straitens one's way of living.

3. Archaic.

a. to make narrow.

b. to confine within narrow limits.

[ 1515-25; STRAIT + -EN 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .