| slovo | definícia |
strait
(mass) | strait
- úzky |
strait
(encz) | strait,těsný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
strait
(encz) | strait,úzký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
strait
(encz) | strait,úzký průliv n: Pino |
strait
(encz) | strait,úžina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, adv.
Strictly; rigorously. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, n.; pl. Straits. [OE. straight, streit, OF.
estreit, estroit. See Strait, a.]
1. A narrow pass or passage.
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He brought him through a darksome narrow strait
To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. --Spenser.
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Honor travels in a strait so narrow
Where one but goes abreast. --Shak.
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2. Specifically: (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway
connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the
plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the
straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
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We steered directly through a large outlet which
they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles
broad. --De Foe.
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3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.]
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A dark strait of barren land. --Tennyson.
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4. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt;
distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in
the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
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For I am in a strait betwixt two. --Phil. i. 23.
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Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate
under any calamity or strait whatsoever. --South.
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Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural
infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that
time in his thoughts. --Broome.
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Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, a.
A variant of Straight. [Obs.]
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Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
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Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
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Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
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2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
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3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] "A strait degree
of favor." --Sir P. Sidney.
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4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
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The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
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5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
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6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
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I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait,
And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
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Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, v. t.
To put to difficulties. [Obs.] --Shak.
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strait
(wn) | strait
adj 1: narrow; "strait is the gate"
n 1: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
water [syn: strait, sound]
2: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn:
pass, strait, straits] |
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straiten
(mass) | straiten
- obmedziť |
be in dire straits
(encz) | be in dire straits,být ve velkých potížích [id.] Pinobe in dire straits,téci komu do bot [id.] Pino |
desperate straits
(encz) | desperate straits, n: |
dire straits
(encz) | dire straits, n: |
distrait
(encz) | distrait,duchem nepřítomný Zdeněk Broždistrait,roztržitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
in dire straits
(encz) | in dire straits, |
in straitened circumstances
(encz) | in straitened circumstances, adj: |
strait and narrow
(encz) | strait and narrow, n: |
strait-jacket
(encz) | strait-jacket,svěrací kazajka Zdeněk Brož |
strait-laced
(encz) | strait-laced,moralistický adj: Petr Prášekstrait-laced,pruderní adj: Petr Prášekstrait-laced,puritánský adj: Petr Prášek |
straiten
(encz) | straiten,omezit v: Zdeněk Brožstraiten,stísnit v: Zdeněk Brožstraiten,zúžit v: Zdeněk Brož |
straitened
(encz) | straitened,stísněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
straitjacket
(encz) | straitjacket,svěrací kazajka n: Zdeněk Brož |
straitlaced
(encz) | straitlaced, |
straits
(encz) | straits,tísně n: pl. Zdeněk Brožstraits,úžiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Distrait
(gcide) | Distrait \Dis`trait"\, a. [F. See Distract.]
Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
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Overstraitly
(gcide) | Overstraitly \O`ver*strait"ly\, adv.
Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Strait
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, adv.
Strictly; rigorously. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Strait \Strait\, n.; pl. Straits. [OE. straight, streit, OF.
estreit, estroit. See Strait, a.]
1. A narrow pass or passage.
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He brought him through a darksome narrow strait
To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. --Spenser.
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Honor travels in a strait so narrow
Where one but goes abreast. --Shak.
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2. Specifically: (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway
connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the
plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the
straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
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We steered directly through a large outlet which
they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles
broad. --De Foe.
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3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.]
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A dark strait of barren land. --Tennyson.
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4. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt;
distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in
the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
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For I am in a strait betwixt two. --Phil. i. 23.
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Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate
under any calamity or strait whatsoever. --South.
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Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural
infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that
time in his thoughts. --Broome.
[1913 Webster]Strait \Strait\, a.
A variant of Straight. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
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Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
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Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
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2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
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3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] "A strait degree
of favor." --Sir P. Sidney.
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4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
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The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
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5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
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6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
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I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait,
And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Strait \Strait\, v. t.
To put to difficulties. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Straiten
(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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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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Straitening
(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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Straiter
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
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Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
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Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
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2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
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3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] "A strait degree
of favor." --Sir P. Sidney.
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4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
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The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
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5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
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6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
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I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait,
And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
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Straitest
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, a. [Compar. Straiter; superl. Straitest.]
[OE. straight, streyt, streit, OF. estreit, estroit, F.
['e]troit, from L. strictus drawn together, close, tight, p.
p. of stringere to draw tight. See 2nd Strait, and cf.
Strict.]
1. Narrow; not broad.
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Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
--Matt. vii.
14.
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Too strait and low our cottage doors. --Emerson.
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2. Tight; close; closely fitting. --Shak.
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3. Close; intimate; near; familiar. [Obs.] "A strait degree
of favor." --Sir P. Sidney.
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4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees. --Shak.
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The straitest sect of our religion. --Acts xxvi. 5
(Rev. Ver.).
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5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter.
--Secker.
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6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
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I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait,
And so ingrateful, you deny me that. --Shak.
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Strait-handed
(gcide) | Strait-handed \Strait"-hand`ed\, a.
Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] --
Strait"-hand`ed*ness, n. [R.]
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Strait-handedness
(gcide) | Strait-handed \Strait"-hand`ed\, a.
Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] --
Strait"-hand`ed*ness, n. [R.]
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Strait-jacket
(gcide) | Strait-jacket \Strait"-jack`et\, n.
A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those
who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are
closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied
behind the back.
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Strait-laced
(gcide) | Strait-laced \Strait"-laced`\, a.
1. Bound with stays.
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Let nature have scope to fashion the body as she
thinks best; we have few well-shaped that are
strait-laced. --Locke.
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2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] --Fuller.
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3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
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Straitly
(gcide) | Straitly \Strait"ly\, adv.
1. In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously. --Mark
i. 43.
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2. Closely; intimately. [Obs.]
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Straitness
(gcide) | Straitness \Strait"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a
pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the
straitnessof their circumstances.
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Straits
(gcide) | Strait \Strait\, n.; pl. Straits. [OE. straight, streit, OF.
estreit, estroit. See Strait, a.]
1. A narrow pass or passage.
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He brought him through a darksome narrow strait
To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. --Spenser.
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Honor travels in a strait so narrow
Where one but goes abreast. --Shak.
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2. Specifically: (Geog.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway
connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the
plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the
straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
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We steered directly through a large outlet which
they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles
broad. --De Foe.
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3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.]
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A dark strait of barren land. --Tennyson.
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4. Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt;
distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in
the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
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For I am in a strait betwixt two. --Phil. i. 23.
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Let no man, who owns a Providence, grow desperate
under any calamity or strait whatsoever. --South.
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Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural
infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that
time in his thoughts. --Broome.
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Strait-waistcoat
(gcide) | Strait-waistcoat \Strait"-waist`coat\, n.
Same as Strait-jacket.
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Unstraitened
(gcide) | Unstraitened \Unstraitened\
See straitened. |
bering strait
(wn) | Bering Strait
n 1: a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean |
cook strait
(wn) | Cook Strait
n 1: a narrow strait separating the North Island and South
Island in New Zealand |
desperate straits
(wn) | desperate straits
n 1: a state of extreme distress [syn: desperate straits,
dire straits] |
dire straits
(wn) | dire straits
n 1: a state of extreme distress [syn: desperate straits,
dire straits] |
distrait
(wn) | distrait
adj 1: having the attention diverted especially because of
anxiety [syn: distracted, distrait] |
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] |
kammon strait bridge
(wn) | Kammon Strait Bridge
n 1: a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu |
korea strait
(wn) | Korea Strait
n 1: a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China
Sea and the Sea of Japan [syn: Korean Strait, {Korea
Strait}] |
korean strait
(wn) | Korean Strait
n 1: a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China
Sea and the Sea of Japan [syn: Korean Strait, {Korea
Strait}] |
menai strait
(wn) | Menai Strait
n 1: a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the
mainland |
strait and narrow
(wn) | strait and narrow
n 1: the way of proper and honest behavior; "he taught his
children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow" [syn:
straight and narrow, strait and narrow] |
strait of calais
(wn) | Strait of Calais
n 1: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea;
shortest distance between England and the European
continent [syn: Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, {Pas
de Calais}] |
strait of dover
(wn) | Strait of Dover
n 1: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea;
shortest distance between England and the European
continent [syn: Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, {Pas
de Calais}] |
strait of georgia
(wn) | Strait of Georgia
n 1: the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian
mainland |
strait of gibraltar
(wn) | Strait of Gibraltar
n 1: the strait between Spain and Africa |
strait of hormuz
(wn) | Strait of Hormuz
n 1: a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf
and the Gulf of Oman [syn: Strait of Hormuz, {Strait of
Ormuz}] |
strait of magellan
(wn) | Strait of Magellan
n 1: the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego
and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered
by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around
South America before the Panama Canal was built |
strait of messina
(wn) | Strait of Messina
n 1: the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy |
strait of ormuz
(wn) | Strait of Ormuz
n 1: a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf
and the Gulf of Oman [syn: Strait of Hormuz, {Strait of
Ormuz}] |
strait-laced
(wn) | strait-laced
adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim,
prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed,
straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced,
straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian] |
straiten
(wn) | straiten
v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial
hardship [syn: straiten, distress]
2: squeeze together |
straitjacket
(wn) | straitjacket
n 1: anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines;
"they defected because Russian dance was in a
straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic
straitjacket"
2: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms
tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent
person [syn: straitjacket, straightjacket] |
straitlaced
(wn) | straitlaced
adj 1: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim,
prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed,
straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced,
straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian] |
straits
(wn) | straits
n 1: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn:
pass, strait, straits]
2: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits] |
torres strait
(wn) | Torres Strait
n 1: a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New
Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea |
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