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1. (n.) strait
Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
2. strait
Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need.
3. strait
Archaic. a narrow passage or area.
4. (adj. Archaic.) strait
narrow.
5. strait
confined in area.
6. strait
strict, as in requirements or principles.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME streit < OF estreit < L strictus, ptp. of stringere to bind; cf. strain1)
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1. (noun) strait, sound
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
2. (adj) pass, strait, straits
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
3. (adj) strait
narrow
"strait is the gate"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) strait
a variant of Straight
2. (adj) strait
a narrow pass or passage
3. (adj) strait
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
4. (adj) strait
a neck of land; an isthmus
5. (adj) strait
fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits
6. (adverb) strait
strictly; rigorously
7. strait
narrow; not broad
8. strait
tight; close; closely fitting
9. strait
close; intimate; near; familiar
10. strait
strict; scrupulous; rigorous
11. strait
difficult; distressful; straited
12. strait
parsimonious; niggargly; mean
13. (verb) strait
to put to difficulties
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Sense: (often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land
the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.
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 Afrikaans: seestraat |
 Arabic: مَضيق |
 Bulgarian: пролив |
 Brazilian: estreito |
 Czech: úžina, průliv |
 German: die Meerenge |
 Danish: stræde; sund |
 Greek: πορθμός, στενό, στενά |
 Spanish: estrecho |
 Estonian: väin |
 Farsi: تنگه |
 Finnish: salmi |
 French: détroit |
 Hebrew: מֵיצָר |
 Hindi: जलसंयोजी |
 Croatian: tjesnac |
 Hungarian: (tenger)szoros |
 Indonesian: selat |
 Icelandic: (mjótt) sund |
 Italian: stretto |
 Japanese: 海峡 |
 Korean: 해협 |
 Lithuanian: sąsiauris |
 Latvian: jūras šaurums |
 Malay: selat |
 Dutch: straat |
 Norwegian: strede, sund |
 Polish: cieśnina |
 Persian: تنگه |
 Pashto: تنګه |
 Portuguese: estreito |
 Romanian: strâmtoare |
 Russian: пролив |
 Slovak: úžina, prieliv |
 Slovenian: ožina |
 Serbian: moreuz |
 Swedish: sund |
 Thai: ช่องแคบ |
 Turkish: boğaz |
 Taiwanese: 海峽 |
 Ukrainian: протока |
 Urdu: پانی کے دو قطعات کو ملانے |
 Vietnamese: eo biển |
 Chinese: 海峡 |
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