strait in Marathi मराठी
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strait in English
- strait⇄adj. (Archaic.)1. narrow; limited; confining.
Ex. It matters not how strait the gate (W. E. Henley).
2. strict; rigorous.
Ex. strait vows. - strait⇄adv. (Obsolete except Dialect.) in a narrow manner; tightly; closely.
- strait⇄adv. straitly.
- strait⇄expr. straits, difficulty; need; distress; plight.
Ex. He was in desperate straits for money. Low prices for fish products ... left Iceland's economy in dire straits (Raymond E. Lindgren).
(SYN) crisis, emergency. - strait⇄noun straitness.
- strait⇄noun 1. Often, straits. a narrow channel or passage connecting two larger bodies of water.
Ex. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
(Abbr:) str.
2. (Archaic.) an isthmus.
3. (Obsolete.) - strait⇄strait, noun, adjective, adverb.