slovodefinícia
straitened
(encz)		straitened,stísněný adj: Zdeněk Brož
Straitened
(gcide)		Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Straitening.]
1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to
confine.
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Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges,
give a roaring noise. --Bacon.
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In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.
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2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
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They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope.
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3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means
or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past
participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
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podobné slovodefinícia
in straitened circumstances
(encz)		in straitened circumstances, adj:
straitened
(encz)		straitened,stísněný adj: Zdeněk Brož
Unstraitened
(gcide)		Unstraitened \Unstraitened\
See straitened.
in straitened circumstances
(wn)		in straitened circumstances
adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn:
hard up, impecunious, {in straitened
circumstances(p)}, penniless, penurious, pinched]

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