"Straitening" is a word in ENGLISH

The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting.

To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

dungúl - Very poor, pauper, indigent, destitute, penniless, needy, necessitous, distressed, straitened, pinched, penurious; to be or become very poor, …

dungúl-dungúl - Dim. of dungúl. Poor, needy, reduced, embarrassed, impecunious, straitened, living in reduced circumstances.

Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

giwá-os, giwáos - Dearth, famine, misery, trouble, hard lines, straitened circumstances. (cf. hiwáos).

ímol - Poor, pauper, without wealth; to be or become poor, indigent, penniless, penurious, destitute, pinched, straitened. Imol siá. He …

kasisít-an - Straitened circumstances, difficulties, troubles. (cf. síot; kapipít-an, kalalát-an, kalisdánan).

makitíd - Narrow, contracted, circumscribed, limited, restricted, straitened, confined within a small space. (cf. kitíd).

mapíot, mapí-ot - Strict, close, narrow, contracted, straitened, dense, crowded, packed, pressed together, hard-pressed; hard, difficult, severe. (cf. píot).

Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

píot - To be or become tight, straitened, difficult; to oppress, treat harshly. Nagpíot karón ang íya pangabúhì. His life …

To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the …

To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to …

A variant of Straiten.

To make tense, or tight; to tighten.

To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past …