strait

IPA: strˈeɪt

noun

  • (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
  • A narrow pass, passage or street.
  • A neck of land; an isthmus.
  • (often in the plural) A difficult position.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (obsolete, transitive) To confine; put to difficulties.
  • (obsolete, transitive) To tighten.

adjective

  • (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
  • (archaic) Righteous, strict.
  • (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
  • (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
  • (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
  • (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
  • Obsolete spelling of straight. [Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.]

adverb

  • (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
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Examples of "strait" in Sentences

  • The newspaper was in dire straits.
  • The depth of the Strait of Georgia is 5km.
  • The strait connects the Visayan Sea to the Bohol Sea.
  • The Ionian Sea lies to the east with the Strait of Ithaca.
  • The island of Pantelleria lies in the middle of the strait.
  • First thing you all need to get strait is Obama is biracial.
  • Steven strait is cute, but he looks wayyyy too old for jacob.
  • That study is a lie strait from the pits of hell, and you know it.
  • To the north is the Strait of Wetar, to the south is the Timor Sea.
  • Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra.
  • Instead the cows headed strait for the Israelites and did not waver.
  • The Selasan Strait cuts through the bottom of the cluster of islands.
  • It is the narrowest part of the Strait between the island and the continent.
  • My faith is the ONLY TRUE faith, that whole “many paths to God” is a lie strait from the pits of Hell.
  • You apparently took no time to think about the definition of intelligence I posted strait from the dictionary
  • Taking the issue to the people, and free from what he termed strait-jacket restrictions, the Governor said at Columbus, when he talked to the Ohio Democratic Convention:
  • We were right in our guesses here to a tittle, and we steered directly through a large outlet, which they call a strait, though it be fifteen miles broad, and to an island they call Dammer, and from thence N.N.E. to
  • I also have NO HOMOSEXUAL people in my family, this means my family as a whole. 1/3 peope are gay is a LIE strait from the pits of hell, there is NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE that a person is born gay, thus meaning that they choose to live that way.
  • Sumatra from Java, which he called the strait of Polimban, from a city he erroneously supposed to lie on the Javan shore, and passing through this returned to Malacca by the east; being the first European who sailed round the island of Sumatra.

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