| STR | the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean |
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| STR | taxing to the utmost |
| STR | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
| STR | a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs |
| STR | (archaic) strict and severe |
| STR | the way of proper and honest behavior |
| STR | the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea |
| STR | the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea |
| STR | the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland |
| STR | the strait between Spain and Africa |
| STR | a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |
| STR | the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands south of the continent |