straiten
/S T R EY1 T AH0 N/verb
- 1
To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
“The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.”
- 2
To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
“Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.”
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