stram
English edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
stram (third-person singular simple present strams, present participle stramming, simple past and past participle strammed)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
References edit
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 803
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German stram.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stram
Inflection edit
| Inflection of stram | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | stram | strammere | strammest2 |
| Indefinite 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 edit
stram
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stram (comparative strammer, superlative stramst)
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
stram
Swedish edit
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Adjective edit
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 edit
| 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 | |||