strait
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1. strait - Noun
2. strait - Adjective
3. strait - Verb
4. strait - Adverb
6. strait - Adjective Satellite
7. Strait - Proper noun
Meaning
A variant of Straight.
Narrow; not broad.
Tight; close; closely fitting.
Close; intimate; near; familiar.
Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Difficult; distressful; straited.
Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
Strictly; rigorously.
A narrow pass or passage.
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
To put to difficulties.
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It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.
Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region.
I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the common expectation of the US, Japan and the international community.
A great sea comes not through a narrow strait.