strait

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
2. 2
   Righteous, strict.
3. 3
   Tight; close; tight-fitting.
4. 4
   Close; intimate; near; familiar.
5. 5
   Difficult; distressful.
6. 6
   Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
7. 7
   Obsolete spelling of straight.

Noun

1. 1
   A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
2. 2
   A narrow pass, passage or street.
3. 3
   A neck of land; an isthmus.
4. 4
   A difficult position.

Verb

1. 1
   To confine; put to difficulties.
2. 2
   To tighten.

Adverb

1. 1
   Strictly; rigorously.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.