straitened

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Simple past tense and past participle of straiten
squeezed or confined
past of straiten
distressed or embarrassed (especially financially)
If someone is living in straitened circumstances, they do not have as much money as they used to, and are finding it very hard to buy or pay for everything that they need. His father died when he was ten, leaving the family in straitened circumstances. not having enough money, especially not as much as you had before (strait ; STRAIT)
straiten
Common misspelling of straighten
straiten
To squeeze something together to make it narrow, or to confine it in a smaller space

The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.

straiten
To restrict, especially financially

Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.

straiten
{v} to make direct or narrow, to distress
straiten
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
straiten
To make tense, or tight; to tighten
straiten
To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine
straiten
{f} put in a difficult situation; restrict, confine; make narrow (Archaic)
straiten
misspelling of straighten
straiten
squeeze together
straitened
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