Meaning of strait in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

  Example: The Strait of Gibraltar

• A narrow pass, passage or street.

• A neck of land; an isthmus.

• (often in the plural) A difficult position.

  Example: to be in dire straits

verb

• To confine; put to difficulties.

• To tighten.

adjective

• Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.

• Righteous, strict.

  Example: to follow the strait and narrow

• Tight; close; tight-fitting.

• Close; intimate; near; familiar.

• Difficult; distressful.

• Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

adverb

• Strictly; rigorously.