English dictionary

straiten

/'str/eI/t/-/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

verb.social

Synonyms distress

Source: WordNet 3.0
squeeze together

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

verb

Source: webster1913