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11strait — [n1] crisis, difficulty bewilderment, bind, bottleneck*, choke point*, contingency, crossroad, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, extremity, hardship, hole*, mess*, mystification, pass, perplexity, pinch*, plight, predicament …
12Strait — (engl., spr. ßtrēt), Straße, Meerenge …
13strait — index emergency, entanglement (involvement), plight, quagmire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14strait — ► NOUN 1) (also straits) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or other large areas of water. 2) (straits) a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: the economy is in dire straits. ► ADJECTIVE archaic 1)… …
15strait — [strāt] adj. [ME streit < OFr estreit < L strictus: see STRICT] 1. Archaic restricted or constricted; narrow; tight; confined 2. Archaic strict; rigid; exacting 3. Now Rare straitened; difficult; distressing n. 1. Rare a narrow passage …
16strait|en — «STRAY tuhn», transitive verb. 1. to limit by the lack of something; restrict. SYNONYM(S): hamper, impede. 2. to make narrow; contract. 3. Archaic. to confine within narrow limits; confine …
17strait — straitly, adv. straitness, n. /strayt/, n. 1. Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. 2. Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad… …
18Strait — A strait is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of… …
19strait — noun 1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow VERB + STRAIT ▪ go through, pass through ▪ enter STRAIT + VERB …
20Strait Up — Infobox Album | Name = Strait Up Type = tribute Artist = Snot Released = November 7, 2000 Recorded = 1998–2000 Genre = Nu metal Alternative metal Funk rock Rapcore Hardcore punk Length = 50:17 Label = Immortal Records Producer = Mike Doling John… …
