| Strait: English to English |
| Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. |
| Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage. |
| Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus. |
| Strait (a.) A variant of Straight. |
| Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. |
| Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously. |
| Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar. |
| Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited. |
| Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad. |
| Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. |
| Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. |
| Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting. |
| Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties. |