Strictures - English meaning

noun

A firm warning or reprimand.

Usage examples:

As they were about to leave, he gave them one final admonishment

verb

To warn someone not to do something, usually in a kind way, or to tell someone to do something

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly., as i left i heard my husband’s admonition – "don…

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.

Usage examples:

The mountain barrier between norway and sweden

noun

Anything used or acting to block someone from going somewhere or from doing something, or to block something from happening

Usage examples:

The secret service erected concrete barriers around the white house., jackie robinson was the afric…

noun

Something that prevents something else from happening or makes it more difficult

Usage examples:

Barrier (to sth) in an ideal world, there would be no barriers to the free movement of people betwe…

verb

Feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

The inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident

noun

Responsibility for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

His players had to take the blame for the defeat

verb

To make someone or something responsible for something

Usage examples:

You can’t blame the government for all your troubles., i don't blame her for not supporting the fin…

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

noun

The expression of very strong disapproval; censure.

Usage examples:

There was strong international condemnation of the attack

noun

The act of condemning something or someone

Usage examples:

The shooting of the police officer has received universal condemnation.

noun

A limitation or restriction.

Usage examples:

Time constraints make it impossible to do everything

noun

Something that limits the range of a person’s actions or freedom

Usage examples:

In egypt, the biggest constraint on new agricultural production is water.

noun

Something that controls what you can do by keeping you within particular limits

Usage examples:

The constraint of distribution costs remains the severest of all., budget/financial, etc. constrain…

noun

The action of making something narrower by pressure or of becoming narrower; tightening.

Usage examples:

Asthma is a constriction of the airways

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Usage examples:

He received a lot of criticism

noun

An opinion given about something or someone, esp. a negative opinion, or the activity of making such judgments

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was meant as a suggestion, not a criticism., [ u ] he was singled out for strong criticism…

noun

A check or restraint on something.

Usage examples:

Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing

verb

Variant spelling of kerb.

noun

A stone edging to a pavement or raised path.

noun

Criticism of, or unkind remarks about someone or something that show you do not respect them

Usage examples:

Despite the media’s disparagement of the leader, he remains popular., "provincial" is often used as…

noun

Strong criticism.

Usage examples:

You must be strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

She caught some flak from her parents.

noun

Strong criticism or opposition

Usage examples:

Catch/draw/get flak the company has been catching flak lately for its lack of customer service., an…

noun

A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.

Usage examples:

A serious impediment to scientific progress

noun

Something that makes progress or movement difficult or impossible

Usage examples:

The lack of funds is a major impediment to research.

verb

Strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door.

Usage examples:

He strolled over and knocked on a door marked enquiries

noun

A sudden short sound caused by a blow, especially on a door to attract attention or gain entry.

Usage examples:

There was a sudden knock at the door, the noise seemingly unnatural and loud in the silence that i …

noun

A blow or collision.

Usage examples:

The casing is tough enough to withstand knocks

noun

A limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction.

Usage examples:

Severe limitations on water use

noun

The act of controlling, or something that controls

Usage examples:

[ c ] the major limitation of early record players was the short playing time of the records., [ u …

noun

Something that controls or reduces something

Usage examples:

Limitation on/upon sth there are strict limitations on where such businesses can locate., impose/pl…

verb

Become or make less wide.

Usage examples:

The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge

adjective

Of small width in relation to length.

Usage examples:

He made his way down the narrow road

adjective

Limited in extent, amount, or scope.

Usage examples:

They ate a narrow range of foods

noun

A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

Usage examples:

The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money

noun

Something that blocks your way so that movement or progress is prevented or made more difficult

Usage examples:

We suddenly encountered an obstacle along the trail., money seems to be no obstacle.

verb

Express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.

Usage examples:

Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family

noun

The expression of disapproval or disappointment.

Usage examples:

He gave her a look of reproach

noun

An expression of blame or disapproval.

Usage examples:

She welcomed him with a mild reproof for leaving her alone

verb

Make (a garment) waterproof again.

Usage examples:

The responses of writers and scholars to his work have varied, journalists tending towards praise a…

noun

Something that you say or do to show that you disapprove of someone's bad or silly behaviour

Usage examples:

She got a sharp reproof for being late., he picked up the broken vase without a word of reproof to …

noun

A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

Usage examples:

Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

noun

A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

Usage examples:

Planning restrictions on commercial development

noun

Something that limits someone's actions or movement, or limits the amount, size, etc., of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] you can get a discount fare, but some restrictions (= rules about limits) apply.

noun

An official limit or control on what people or companies are allowed to do, or on what can happen

Usage examples:

Impose/place/put restrictions on sth this practice imposes unneccessary restrictions on employment.…

verb

Cover (something, especially a roof) with slates.

Usage examples:

He was working for his father slating a new roof

noun

A fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.

Usage examples:

Slate quarries

noun

A flat plate of slate formerly used for writing on in schools.

Usage examples:

The teacher was demonstrating, the children copying on to slates

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

A strong garment with long sleeves which can be tied together to confine the arms of a violent prisoner or mental patient.

Usage examples:

And we were taken to be strapped together in an all-in-one straitjacket.

verb

Restrain with a straitjacket.

Usage examples:

We have been locked in seclusion, placed in restraints, chemically and physically straitjacketed, l…

noun

A special item of clothing like a coat that ties the arms to the body and limits the movement of a violent or mentally ill person

noun

The action or state of strangling or being strangled.

Usage examples:

Death due to strangulation

noun

The action of killing someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe, or the act of dying in this way

Usage examples:

The post-mortem showed that the boy had died from strangulation.

noun

The quality of being fixed, fastened, or closed firmly.

Usage examples:

The tightness of the seal was tested

noun

The quality of fitting the body too closely

Usage examples:

The tightness of the waistband, one of the typical symptoms of anxiety is a feeling of tightness in…