English verb: straiten | |||
1. | straiten (social) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | ||
Synonyms | distress | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble | ||
2. | straiten (contact) squeeze together | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confine, detain | ||