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Strainable
a.
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Capable of being strained.
Strainable
a.
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Violent in action.
Strainably
adv.
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Violently.
Strained
a.
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Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
Strained
a.
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Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
Strainer
n.
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One who strains.
Strainer
n.
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That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
Straining
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a. & n. from Strain.
Straint
n.
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Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Strait
a.
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A variant of Straight.
Strait
superl.
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Narrow; not broad.
Strait
superl.
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Tight; close; closely fitting.
Strait
superl.
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Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Strait
superl.
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Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Strait
superl.
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Difficult; distressful; straited.
Strait
superl.
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Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
Strait
adv.
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Strictly; rigorously.
Straits
pl.
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of Strait
Strait
a.
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A narrow pass or passage.
Strait
a.
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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.
Strait
a.
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A neck of land; an isthmus.
Strait
a.
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Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
Strait
v. t.
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To put to difficulties.
Straitened
imp. & p. p.
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of Straiten
Straitening
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Straiten
Straiten
v. t.
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To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Straiten
v. t.
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To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
Straiten
v. t.
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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.
Strait-handed
a.
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Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
Strait-jacket
n.
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A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.