·vt To make tense, or tight; to Tighten.
II. Straiten ·vt To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to Confine.
III. Straiten ·vt 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.