strait
21strait — straight, strait 1. Straight is a Middle English past participle of the verb stretch and has many meanings in modern English, primarily ‘extending uniformly in the same direction without a curve or bend’. Strait, which has the basic meaning… …
22strait — strait1 [ streıt ] noun count often plural a narrow area of water that joins two larger areas of water be in dire/desperate straits to be in a very difficult situation, especially one involving a lack of money strait strait 2 [ streıt ] adjective …
23strait — [[t]stre͟ɪt[/t]] straits 1) N COUNT: oft in names You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually. ...the Straits of Gibraltar. 2) N… …
24strait — UK [streɪt] / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms strait : singular strait plural straits a narrow area of water that joins two larger areas of water • be in dire/desperate straits to be in a very difficult situation, especially one… …
25strait — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French estreit, from Latin strictus strait, strict, from past participle of stringere Date: 13th century 1. archaic strict, rigorous 2. archaic a. narrow b …
26strait — 1. adjective a) narrow; restricted as to space or room; close Sweet oil was poured out on thy head b) righteous, strict And ran down like cool rain between 2. noun a) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water …
27strait — See straight, strait …
28strait — [12] Strait was originally an adjective and adverb, meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘tight’. It reached English via Old French estreit ‘narrow, tight’ from Latin strictus (source of English strict). Its use as a noun, ‘narrow waterway’, emerged in the 14th… …
29strait — 1 noun (C) 1 also straits (plural) a narrow passage of water between two areas of land, usually connecting two seas: the Strait of Gibraltar 2 be in dire straits to be in a difficult situation, especially a financial one, that could have very bad …
30strait — noun 1) a strait about six miles wide Syn: channel, sound, inlet, stretch of water 2) the company is in desperate straits Syn: a bad/difficult situation, difficulty, trouble, crisis, a mess, a predicament, a plight …
