(chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
To get narrower.
(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
Having a small margin or degree.
Limited as to means; straitened
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.