strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.-tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.-exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.-governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the sabbath.-rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.-upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.