straiten

v. கட்டுக்குள் இறுக்கு, இடுக்கு, இடுகலாகு, இன்னுலக்கு உட்படுத்து.

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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.

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