Crossword-Solution: STRAIT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Strait | a. | A variant of Straight. |
| Strait | superl. | Narrow; not broad. |
| Strait | superl. | Tight; close; closely fitting. |
| Strait | superl. | Close; intimate; near; familiar. |
| Strait | superl. | Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. |
| Strait | superl. | Difficult; distressful; straited. |
| Strait | superl. | Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. |
| Strait | adv. | Strictly; rigorously. |
| Strait | a. | A narrow pass or passage. |
| Strait | 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. |
| Strait | a. | A neck of land; an isthmus. |
| Strait | a. | Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. |
| Strait | v. t. | To put to difficulties. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STRAIT | anagram | ARTIST, RAITTS, RATTIS, STRATI, TRAITS |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with STRAIT (5)
This said unanimous, and other Rites Observing none, but adoration pure Which God likes best, into thir inmost bower Handed they went; and eas’d the putting off These troublesom disguises which wee wear, Strait side by side were laid, nor turnd I weene _Adam_ from his fair Spouse, nor _Eve_ the Rites Mysterious of connubial Love refus’d: Whatever Hypocrites austerely talk Of puritie and place and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to som, leaves free to all.
The strait she was in through pride and shrewishness could not be disguised longer: she burst out crying bitterly; they all saw it; and she attempted no further concealment.
What sort of life were that to live? When I meet a government which says to me, “Your money or your life,” why should I be in haste to give it my money? It may be in a great strait, and not know what to do: I cannot help that.
The precise point of destination was still undecided—the plan being to search out a suitable location upon one of the many little islets which dot the western shore of the Macassar Strait.
Not that she showed she was pleased, but I suppose she was.” The allusion served as a timely reminder to Darnay that this disagreeable companion had, of his own free will, assisted him in the strait of the day.
Quotes with STRAIT (3)
Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?""I do indeed, sir.""Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if…
A person who speaks like a book is exceedingly boring to listen to; sometimes, however, it is not inappropriate to talk in that way. For a book has the remarkable property that it can be interpreted any way you wish. If one talks like a book one’s conversation acquires this property too. I kept quite soberly to the usual formulas. She was surprised, as I’d expected; that can’t be denied. To describe to myself how she looked is difficult. She seemed multifaceted; yes just abou…
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I a…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 119 times in crossword archives (1949–2025).