ALL meanings of strait
strait
S s - noun strait waterway 1
- noun,plural strait bad situation 1
- noun strait Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. 1
- noun strait Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need: Ill and penniless, he was in sad straits indeed. 1
- noun strait Archaic. a narrow passage or area. 1
- noun strait an isthmus. 1
- adjective strait narrow: Strait is the gate. 1
- adjective strait affording little space; confined in area. 1
- adjective strait strict, as in requirements or principles. 1
- countable noun strait You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. 0
- noun plural strait If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money. 0
- noun strait a narrow channel of the sea linking two larger areas of sea 0
- noun strait (capital as part of a name) 0
- noun strait a position of acute difficulty (often in the phrase in dire or desperate straits) 0
- noun strait a narrow place or passage 0
- adjective strait (of spaces, etc) affording little room 0
- adjective strait (of circumstances, etc) limiting or difficult 0
- adjective strait severe, strict, or scrupulous 0
- adjective strait restricted or constricted; narrow; tight; confined 0
- adjective strait strict; rigid; exacting 0
- adjective strait straitened; difficult; distressing 0
- noun strait a narrow passage 0
- noun strait a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water 0
- noun strait difficulty; distress 0
- noun strait an isthmus 0