strait

Meanings

Adjective

• Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
• Righteous, strict.
• Tight; close; tight-fitting.
• Close; intimate; near; familiar.
• Difficult; distressful.
• Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

Noun

• A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
• A narrow pass, passage or street.
• A neck of land; an isthmus.
• A difficult position.

Verb

• To confine; put to difficulties.
• To tighten.

Adverb

• Strictly; rigorously.

Origin

• From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō. stretto, and strict.