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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arrest, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, bridle, cabin, casket, check, cloister, closet, coffin, condition, confine, constrain, constrict, contain, contract, control, cool, cool off, copyright, cramp, crib, curb, curtail, decelerate, diminish, discipline, dompt, draw in, draw the line, encase, enjoin, entomb, go in, govern, guard, hedge about, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, immure, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, lay under restraint, limit, moderate, narrow, patent, prohibit, pull, pull in, qualify, register, rein, rein in, restrain, restrict, retard, retrench, scant, set back, slow down, snape, snub, specialize, stint, taper, withhold
Dictionary Results for straiten:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
straiten
    v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial
         hardship [syn: straiten, distress]
    2: squeeze together

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Straiten \Strait"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Straitening.]
   1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to
      confine.
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            Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges,
            give a roaring noise.                 --Bacon.
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            In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.
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   2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
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            They straiten at each end the cord.   --Pope.
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   3. 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.
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