ical, plumb, erect, upright; direct,
rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving; square, honest, equitable,
honorable; (Slang) unmixed, clear, undiluted. Antonyms: indirect,
oblique, crooked, devious, circuitous. See crooked.

straight-out, a. (Colloq.) unqualified, thoroughgoing, artless,
undesigning.

straightway, n. immediately, at once, directly, forthwith.

strain, v. stretch, tighten; sprain, wrench; percolate, filter,
defecate, filtrate; overtask, overwork.

strain, n. pedigree, race, lineage, extraction; sort, kind;
overexertion, effort; tension, intension; tune, melody; style, manner.

strained, a. tense, unnatural, forced, artificial, agonistic,
farfetched.

strainer, n. colander, filter, sieve.

strait, n. narrows, channel; dilemma, difficulty, pinch, exigency,
restriction.

straiten, v. limit, restrict, narrow, confine, constrain, tighten,
embarrass.

straitened, a. restricted, embarrassing, distressing.

strait-laced, a. uncompromising, rigorous, strict, prudish, prim,
precise.

stranded, a. wrecked, aground, beached.

strange, a. foreign, unfamiliar, exotic, outlandish; novel, odd,
unusual, queer, unique, nondescript, exceptional, singular, peculiar,
rare, erratic, unique, bizarre, eccentric, inexplicable; unaccustomed,
unfamiliar; reserved, distant, unfriendly; unknown. Antonyms: familiar,
accustomed, wonted, commonplace, conventional.

strangle, v. choke, throttle, suffocate; stifle, suppress; garrote.

strangling, n. strangulation, choking, suffocation, suppression,
constriction.

strap, n. thong, strop, leash.

strapping, a. (Colloq.) stalwart, able-bodied, large, muscular,
brawny.

stratagem, n. artifice, device, machination, maneuver, intrigue,
ruse, finesse.

straw, n. stalk, culm; litter, mulch; sennet, platting.

straw roof. thatch, thatching.

strawy, a. stramineous.

stray, v. wander, rove, roam, swerve, deviate; err, sin.

stray, n. estray, waif.

streak, n. stripe, wale, whelk, ridge, vein.

streaked, a. striped, streaky, whelky, striated, whelked, brindled,
barred, veined.

stream, n. current, river, creek, brook, race, run, rivulet, rill,
runnel; drift, course, tendency; torrent; arroyo; flume.

stream, v. pour, gush, run; radiate, shed.

streamer, n. ensign, pennon, banner, banderole, flag.

street, n. highway, avenue, thoroughfare, boulevard.

street car. trolley car; tram (England).

street cleaner. scavenger.

street railway. tramway (England).

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