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The Meaning of straiten

  • (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
  • (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
  • (v. t.) 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.

Homophones

straighten

Rhymes

aten , batan , brayton , cayton , clayton , crayton , creighton , dayton , deyton , drayton , eyton , gaytan , gayton , greaten , hayton , katen , katyn , lateen , latten , layton , leighton , natan , paighton , paten , payton , peyton , platan , ratan , satan , shaitan , slaten , slayton , straighten , vanstraten