straiten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: straiten	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for straiten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straiten v bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship Synonym(s): straiten, distress squeeze together
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton. 2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope. 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.