English Explanatory Dictionary

straught

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of stretched.
verb
  1. To stretch; make straight.
adj
  1. straight
adj
  1. Insane, mad, distraught.

Pronunciation

/stɹɔːt/

Word forms

straught straughts straughting straughted straucht more straught most straught

Etymology

From Middle English straught, from Old English streahte (first and third person singular preterite) and (ġe)streaht (past participle) of streċċan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straight. More at stretch.

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