straiten

Meaning of straiten

verb
  1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
    The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.
  2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
    Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.

Information about straiten

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of straiten is: straitens.
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Hyphenation of straiten

straiten

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • straiten is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

straiten synonyms

Meaning :

contract, check, restrain

Anagrams of straiten

intreats, nitrates, tartines, tertians, Transite

Words that rhyme with straiten

Iten, overstraiten, Zaditen, Eiten, seiten, bewhiten, rewhiten, whiten, Loniten, loniten, writen, luiten, witen

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