Straiten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Straiten is a verb meaning To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
Meaning
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
More Meanings
- To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
- Misspelling of straighten.
Example Sentences
Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.
The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.
And the reason why Birds are Oviparous and lay Eggs, but do not bring forth their yong alive, is, because there might be more plenty of them also, and that neither the Birds of prey, the Serpent nor the Fowler, should streighten their generations too much.
Word Forms
- straitens
- straitening
- straitened
- streighten
Synonyms for straiten
Depending on context, synonyms include contract, check, restrain, narrow.
Antonyms for straiten
Common opposites include widen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enstraiten, streighten, narrow, stricten, constrict, retrench.
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