STRAITENS

Verb

straitens

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straiten

Anagrams

• rattiness, resistant, strainest, tartiness, train sets, trainsets

Source: Wiktionary

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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