Word Meaning

Meaning of "straiten" and the crossword clue

- Embarrass or distress financially
- To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
- To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
- 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.