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Straiten :: Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straite.

Press :: Press (v.) To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger..

Easy :: Easy (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight..

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine..

Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Angustation :: Angustation (n.) The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

Straitening :: Straitened (imp. & p. p.) of Straite.

Coarctate :: Coarctate (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) 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..

Strein :: Streighten (v. t.) See Straiten.

Straiten :: Straiten (v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten..

Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..

Tighten :: Tighten (v. t.) To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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