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STRAITEN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squeeze together
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "straiten" is one way to...):
confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
Synonyms:
distress; straiten
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "straiten" is one way to...):
bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
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