straught

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UK/stɹɔːt/

verb

To stretch; make straight.

OriginMiddle English straught ← Old English streahte →
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Meanings

straught1

verb
  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of stretched.

straught2

verbstraught (third-person singular simple present straughts, present participle straughting, simple past and past participle straughted)

present singular third person straughts · participle present straughting · participle past straughted · past straughted · alternative straucht

  1. ScotlanddialectalTo stretch; make straight.
adjectivestraught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

comparative more straught · superlative most straught · alternative straucht

  1. Scotlandstraight

straught3

adjectivestraught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

comparative more straught · superlative most straught

  1. obsoleteInsane, mad, distraught.

    My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree

    c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
    1 more example

    Therewith ran Goldry upon the King as one straught of his wits, bellowing as he ran, and gripped him by the right arm with both his hands, one at the wrist and one near the shoulder.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 27

Origin

straught · verb

  1. Old Englishstreahte
  2. Middle Englishstraught
  3. Englishstraught

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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straught · verb, adjective

  1. Scotsstraucht“stretched, stretched out”
  2. Englishstraught

From Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”). Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).

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straught · adjective

From apheresis of distraught, bestraught, forstraught, etc.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with straught

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Anagrams

Gathurst
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MLA

“straught.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straught. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “straught,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/straught.

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