Definition of strait

• a. - A variant of Straight.
• superl. - Narrow; not broad.
• superl. - Tight; close; closely fitting.
• superl. - Close; intimate; near; familiar.
• superl. - Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
• superl. - Difficult; distressful; straited.
• superl. - Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
• adv. - Strictly; rigorously.
• a. - A narrow pass or passage.
• a. - A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
• a. - A neck of land; an isthmus.
• a. - Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
• v. t. - To put to difficulties.