最新 人气 评论 赞 踩
Straddle
v. i.
28   0   0   0
To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
Straddle
v. i.
27   0   0   0
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Straddle
v. t.
30   0   0   0
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
Straddle
n.
37   0   0   0
The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
Straddle
n.
30   0   0   0
The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
Straddling
a.
34   0   0   0
Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
Stradometrical
a.
30   0   0   0
Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.
Straggled
imp. & p. p.
34   0   0   0
of Straggle
Straggling
p. pr. & vb. n.
22   0   0   0
of Straggle
Straggle
v. t.
25   0   0   0
To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
Straggle
v. t.
25   0   0   0
To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
Straggle
v. t.
22   0   0   0
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
Straggle
v. t.
21   0   0   0
To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
Straggle
n.
22   0   0   0
The act of straggling.
Straggler
n.
22   0   0   0
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
Straggler
n.
19   0   0   0
A roving vagabond.
Straggler
n.
22   0   0   0
Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Straggler
n.
23   0   0   0
Something that stands alone or by itself.
Straggling
20   0   0   0
a. & n. from Straggle, v.
Stragglingly
adv.
19   0   0   0
In a straggling manner.
Stragula
pl.
19   0   0   0
of Stragulum
Stragulum
n.
21   0   0   0
The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
Straight
a.
18   0   0   0
A variant of Strait, a.
Straight
superl.
20   0   0   0
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
Straight
superl.
18   0   0   0
Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
Straight
superl.
18   0   0   0
Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
Straight
superl.
19   0   0   0
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
Straight
superl.
20   0   0   0
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
Straight
superl.
17   0   0   0
Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
Straight
adv.
19   0   0   0
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.