Sesli Sözlük - straitened

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straitened teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: 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

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