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Meaning Of Strait
a.
A variant of Straight.
superl.
Narrow; not broad.
superl.
Tight; close; closely fitting.
superl.
Close; intimate; near; familiar.
superl.
Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
superl.
Difficult; distressful; straited.
superl.
Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
adv.
Strictly; rigorously.
a.
A narrow pass or passage.
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.
a.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
a.
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt;
distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural;
as, reduced to great straits.