Straiten

What do we mean by straiten?

To put or bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. transitive verb

To make narrow. transitive verb

To enclose in a limited area; confine. transitive verb

To restrict in latitude or scope. transitive verb

To make strait or narrow; narrow; contract; diminish.

To confine; hem in.

To draw tight; tighten.

To hamper; inconvenience; restrict.

To press hard, as with want or difficulties of any kind; distress; afflict with pecuniary difficulties: as, to be straitened in money matters.

To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. transitive verb

To make tense, or tight; to tighten. transitive verb

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. transitive verb

Common misspelling of straighten. verb

To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space. verb

To restrict or diminish, especially financially. verb

Squeeze together verb

Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship verb

To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.

To restrict or diminish, especially financially.

Words that are spelled similarly to straiten:
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Words that rhyme with straiten:
satan, paten, straighten, aten, creighton, lateen, statin, shaitan, latten, laten, greaten, dayton, payton, ratan, clayton, peyton, platan, batan, leighton, drayton, shaytan, deighton, layton, iatan, natan, originate in, slaten, slayton, crayton, katyn, cayton, brayton, freight ton, culminate in, gaytan, hayton, eyton, deadweight ton, gayton, mayton, stayton, weight ton, abate in, abbreviate in, abdicate in, accelerate in, accommodate in, accumulate in, acetate in, activate in, adjudicate in, affiliate in, agglomerate in, agglutinate in, aggravate in, agitate in, alienate in, alleviate in, allocate in, amalgamate in, annihilate in, anticipate in, applegate in, appreciate in, arbitrate in, articulate in, aspirate in, assimilate in, ate in, attenuate in, authenticate in, automate in, await in, ay ton, bait in, bate in, beit in, beta in, bifurcate in, birthrate in, bishopsgate in, boilerplate in, braithwaite in, bray ton, breastplate in, calculate in, calibrate in, carbohydrate in, carbonate in, cate in, cay ton, celebrate in, checkmate in, circulate in, classmate in, clay ton, coagulate in, collaborate in, commemorate in, communicate in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe straiten:
second.

Consonant match to straiten:
straighten, stratton, strutton, st ann, st an, st anne, st in, st on, st turn, straight in, strait in, strata in, street an, street ann, street in, street inn, street on, street turn, streit in, strut in, strut on.

Words that sound like straiten:
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