STRAITEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does straiten mean? 

• STRAITEN (verb)
  The verb STRAITEN has 2 senses:

1. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

2. squeeze together

  Familiarity information: STRAITEN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAITEN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

distress; straiten

Hypernyms (to "straiten" is one way to...):

bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Squeeze together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "straiten" is one way to...):

confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody