Straiten

Definition: Straiten

Straiten

Verb

1. Squeeze together.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "straiten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Note: Straiten \Strait"en\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Straitened; present participle verb or noun Straitening.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Straiten

Albanian

ngushtoj (constrict, cramp, narrow, slenderize, tighten), kufizoj (circumscribe, confine, enclose, hedge in, hem, inclose, limit, localise, localize, narrow, restrain, restrict, specialize, stint, terminate, tie, truncate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حصر (enclose, incarcerate, incarceration, inclose, intercept, limitation, pin, pocket, restrict, restriction, trap), ‏ضيق (bottleneck, canyon, choke, close, contract, cramped, hardship, incommodious, malaise, narrow, narrowness, need, oppression, parochial, pinch, scrimpy, shrink, slit, straits, strict, succinctness, tag, tight, tighten, tightness). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стягам (accouter, accoutre, bind, brace, compact, constrain, constrict, do up, gripe, hold in, hoop, impact, lace, lace up, lock, pack, pinch, preen, screw up, tense, tighten, trim, truss), стеснявам (narrow, neck, restrict), ограничавам (bound, chasten, circumscribe, constrain, contract, focalize, hem, immure, intern, limit, localise, localize, narrow, peg down, pinch, qualify, reduce, repress, restrict, specialize, tie down, trammel), затягам (clamp, close, cramp, lock, screw up), затруднявам (beat, complicate, embarrass, encumber, hamper, hinder, nonplus, overwhelm, put out, stick, stump, trouble). (various references)

Czech

stísnit finanènì. (various references)

Farsi 

محدودکردن (Bound, Compass, Confine, Cramp, Curb, Dam, Gag, Impale, Limit, Narrow, Qualify, Quantify, Restrict, Stint, Terminate), تنگ کردن (Constrict, Tighten), زوراوردن (Squeeze, Wrest), درتنگی ومضیقه گذاردن , باریک کردن (Narrow). (various references)

French

rétrécir, coincer (stick). (various references)

German

beschränken (bound, confine, constrict, limit, narrow down, restrict, stint, tether, to bound, to stint). (various references)

Greek 

στενεύω (constrict, contract, narrow), στενοχωρώ (chagrin, embarrass, faze, get down, pinch, put out, trouble, weary, worry), περιορίζω (abridge, circumscribe, confine, constrict, contain, cramp, crib, cut down, inhibit, limit, localise, localize, minimize, reduce, restrict, retrench, scant, scotch, stint). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"צר (constrict, narrow). (various references)

Hungarian

szorult helyzetbe hoz, szorongat (beset, to beset, to push, to put to it, to screw, to straiten). (various references)

Italian

restringere (abridge, confine, constrict, contract, get narrower, limit, limit oneself, narrow, restrict, shrink, take in, tighten), limitare (abridge, bound, confine, curtail, cut down, limit, narrow, rein in, restrict, shrink, stint, surround). (various references)

Pig Latin

aitenstray

Portuguese

pôr em dificuldades, embaraçar (abash, astonish, astound, blur, clog, cumber, derange, detain, dim, disconcert, embarrass, embroil, encumber, entangle, puzzle, quiz, trammel), causar dificuldades a. (various references)

Romanian

strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), strâmta (diminish, narrow, narrow down), se strânge (bank up, close, collect, convolve, cuddle, curl up, draw, flock, furl, herd, jam, join, mass, mob, nuzzle, pack, pile up, snuggle, squash, squeeze), se îngusta (narrow), jena (disturb, embarrass, hinder, hurt, pinch, scruple, trouble), contracta (acquire, constrict, contract, develop, draw, flex), îngusta (narrow, narrow down, shrink, taper, tighten). (various references)

Russian 

ограничивать (bound, circumscribe, confine, constrain, delimit, determine, enclose, hedge, inclose, limit, narrow, pinch, qualify, restrain, restrict, scanting, scrimp, set a limit, set bounds, specialize, stint, terminate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

skučiti (cramp), biti u oskudici. (various references)

Spanish

restringir (limit, restrict, tie, tie down). (various references)

Swedish

bringa i trångmål. (various references)

Turkish

sıkmak (ail, bore, bother, Chevy, chivvy, chivy, clench, constipate, constrict, crush, cumber, depress, distress, extrude, give the willies, grip, harass, hatchel, hold tight, incommode, irk, jam, load, make fast, mope, oppress, pinch, press, pressurize, pull on, ream, ream out, squeeze, strangulate, tighten), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), darboğaza sokmak, daraltmak (bore, bother, constrict, contract, narrow). (various references)

Ukrainian

стискати (astringe, clasp, constrict, contract, cramp, jam, nip, pinch, strangulate, throttle, tighten), обмежуватися, обмежувати (abridge, astrict, bail, bound, circumscribe, confine, cramp, enclose, limit, narrow, pinch on, restrain, restrict, stint, terminate), звужувати (contract, narrow, specialize, taper). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "straiten": straitened, straitening, straitens. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Straiten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sararimen, Schraagen, Schriften, straigten, straite, straited, strategen, Streeten, stricten, Stroitel. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: intreats, nitrates, tertians.

-1 letter: anestri, antsier, artiest, artiste, attires, instate, intreat, iratest, iterant, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratines, ratites, rattens, retains, retinas, retints, retsina, satinet, stainer, stearin, stinter, striate, tastier, tertian, tinters, transit.

-2 letters: airest, antres, arisen, arsine, artist, astern, attire, estrin, inerts, insert, instar, inters, natter, niters, nitres, ratine, ratite, ratten, retain, retina, retint, santir.

+1 letter: attainers, instanter, interacts, intranets, martinets, reattains, reinstate, resistant, restating, restraint, retasting, retirants, stationer, sterilant, straitens, tearstain, transient, transited, triptanes.

+2 letters: anorthites, antistress, antistrike, antitrades, argentites, astringent, attainders, brattiness, carnotites, centralist, certainest, entertains, entreaties, estreating, integrates, intercaste, interstage, interstate, intimaters, intrastate, iterations, itinerants, itinerates, martensite, monetarist, natrolites, neutralist, orientates, pretasting, registrant, reinstated, reinstates, resistants, restarting, restraints, retransmit, scattering, shattering, smattering, spattering, stationers, stationery, stentorian, sterilants, straighten, straitened, straitness, tanistries, tearstains, tenantries, terminates, transients, transitive, tribunates, tristearin, truantries, turbinates.