English Explanatory Dictionary

straiten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
  2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
  3. Misspelling of straighten.

Word forms

straiten straitens straitening straitened streighten

Synonyms

restrain narrow straiten contract check

Antonyms

widen

Derived words

enstraiten
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