2 meanings, 5 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
1 —2 uses as in:
Strait of Hormuz
Definition
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- Passed Gibraltar and out through Straits.Chapter 7 (62% in)
straits = narrow water passages
- Mate says we must be past Straits of Dover, as in a moment of fog lifting he saw North Foreland, just as he heard the man cry out.Chapter 7 (69% in)
straits = narrow water passages
There are no more uses of "strait" flagged with this meaning in Dracula.
Typical Usage
(best examples)
2 —3 uses as in:
put her in a tough strait
Definition
a bad or difficult situation
- Oh, John, my friend, we are in awful straits.Chapter 25 (76% in)
straits = a bad or difficult situation
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I am, I know, either being deceived, like a baby, by my own fears, or else I am in desperate straits, and if the latter be so, I need, and shall need, all my brains to get through.Chapter 3 (4% in)
- Remember that we are in terrible straits.Chapter 26 (70% in)
straits = a bad or difficult situation
straits = a bad or difficult situation
There are no more uses of "strait" flagged with this meaning in Dracula.
Typical Usage
(best examples)