stram
See also: štram
English
Etymology
Compare German stramm.
Verb
stram (third-person singular simple present strams, present participle stramming, simple past and past participle strammed)
- (UK, dialect, West Country, obsolete) To dash down; to beat.
- To spring or recoil with violence.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stram in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
References
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 803
Anagrams
- MSTAR, S.M.A.R.T., SMART, Smart, marts, smart, tarms, trams
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German stram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stram/, [sd̥ʁɑmˀ]
Adjective
stram
- tight, taut
- strict, stringent
- stiff, severe, forbidding, acid, sour
- pungent, acrid
Inflection
| Inflection of stram | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | stram | strammere | strammest2 |
| Neuter singular | stramt | strammere | strammest2 |
| Plural | stramme | strammere | strammest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | stramme | strammere | strammeste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Verb
stram
- imperative of stramme
Dutch
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strɑm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stram
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Adjective
stram (comparative strammer, superlative stramst)
- stiff, rigid, inflexible
Inflection
| Inflection of stram | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | stram | |||
| inflected | stramme | |||
| comparative | strammer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | stram | strammer | het stramst het stramste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | stramme | strammere | stramste |
| n. sing. | stram | strammer | stramste | |
| plural | stramme | strammere | stramste | |
| definite | stramme | strammere | stramste | |
| partitive | strams | strammers | — | |
Derived terms
- stramheid
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
stram
- imperative of stramme
Swedish
Adjective
stram (comparative stramare, superlative stramast)
- tense, taut, tight
- ett stramt koppel
- a tight leash
- en stram budget
- a tight budget
- en stram honnör
- a stiff salute
- (figuratively) strict, curt (of manners or the like)
- en stram min
- an austere look on someone's face
Declension
| Inflection of stram | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | stram | stramare | stramast |
| Neuter singular | stramt | stramare | stramast |
| Plural | strama | stramare | stramast |
| Masculine plural3 | strame | stramare | stramast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | strame | stramare | stramaste |
| All | strama | stramare | stramaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- strama
See also
- brysk (“brusque”)
- spänd (“tense”)
References
- stram in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stram in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stram in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)