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Definition of Straiten

Straiten
Straiten Strait"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Straitening.] 1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope. 3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

Meaning of Straiten from wikipedia

- and for the purchasing and taking down the Houses and Buildings which straiten and obstruct the P****age to and over the said Bridge. Yorkshire Roads Act...
- pieces of wood between their fingers, they call them Tean Zu then they straiten them very hard, and seale them round about with paper and so they have...
- pieces of wood between their fingers, they call them Tean Zu then they straiten them very hard, and seale them round about with paper and so they have...
- Year Player Rec Yds Avg Lng TD GP 2010 Aaron Straiten 36 238 6.6 40 1 7 2011 Christopher Headd 33 360 10.9 40 7 13...
- Fernando in Tlalpan. The factory closed in 1895 and the couple was in straiten cir****stances, but did not return to Jalisco. The family was aided by Rafaela's...
- Montrose by sea. The committee in London again ordered its forces to 'straiten' Oxford. On 18 March there was a skirmish between the Oxford Horse and...
- not a land of oblivion in which Victor dwells. Heaven doth not harden or straiten hearts, but it maketh them more tender and comp****ionate; it doth not distract...
- Themistocleous, Headmistress, Junior (Anglo-Cypriot) School, Nicosia. David Straiten Thomson. For welfare services to the community, Kenya. Valerie Ann Treitlein...
- receivers  7 Phillip Ditto 11 Christopher Headd 83 Antonio Overstreet  6 Aaron Straiten Offensive linemen 56 Juliene Adams 75 Matt Wakefield 60 James Washington...