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Webster 1913 Edition

Straught

Straught

,
obs.
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Stretch
.

Straught

,
Verb.
T.
To stretch; to make straight.
[Written also
straucht
.]
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Straught

STRAUGHT

,
pp.
for stretched.

Definition 2025

straught

straught

English

Verb

straught

  1. alternative simple past and past participle of stretch

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To stretch; make straight.

Adjective

straught ‎(comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

  1. (Scotland) straight

Etymology 3

From apheresis of distraught, bestraught, forstraught, etc.

Adjective

straught ‎(comparative more straught, superlative most straught)

  1. (obsolete) Distraught.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /stɹɔːt/

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