"straught" meaning in English

See straught in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /stɹɔːt/ [UK] Forms: more straught [comparative], most straught [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”). Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|straucht||stretched, stretched out}} Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”), {{cog|sco|strauchten||to straighten}} Scots strauchten (“to straighten”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
  1. (Scotland) straight Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-straught-en-adj-KkJIdahH Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 2 32 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 3 32 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 2 29 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: straucht
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

IPA: /stɹɔːt/ [UK] Forms: more straught [comparative], most straught [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From apheresis of distraught, bestraught, forstraught, etc. Head templates: {{en-adj}} straught (comparative more straught, superlative most straught)
  1. (obsolete) Insane, mad, distraught. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-straught-en-adj-jdvqF-R-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /stɹɔːt/ [UK]
Rhymes: -ɔːt 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|straught}} Middle English straught, {{inh|en|ang|streahte|pos=first and third person singular preterite}} Old English streahte (first and third person singular preterite) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} straught
  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of stretched Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: stretched
    Sense id: en-straught-en-verb-FCn~mzeS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 2 32 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /stɹɔːt/ [UK] Forms: straughts [present, singular, third-person], straughting [participle, present], straughted [participle, past], straughted [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”). Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|straucht||stretched, stretched out}} Scots straucht (“stretched, stretched out”), {{cog|sco|strauchten||to straighten}} Scots strauchten (“to straighten”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-straught-en-verb-h1vuFqc8 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 2 32 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: straucht
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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