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)

1. (UK, dialect, West Country, obsolete) To dash down; to beat.
2. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 803

Anagrams

• Smart, S.M.A.R.T., armts., trams, MSTAR, smart, tarms, marts, SMART

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German stram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stram/, [sd̥ʁɑmˀ]

Adjective

stram

1. tight, taut
2. strict, stringent
3. stiff, severe, forbidding, acid, sour
4. pungent, acrid

Inflection

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

stram

1. imperative of stramme

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: stram
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Adjective

stram (comparative strammer, superlative stramst)

1. stiff, rigid, inflexible

Declension

Declension 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

1. imperative of stramme

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈstram/

Noun

stram m inan

1. (Near Masovian) crossbeam in a sleigh that sits on posts embedded in the runners

Further reading

• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “stram”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 369

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

stram (comparative stramare, superlative stramast)

1. tense, taut, tight

   ett stramt koppel

   a tight leash

   en stram budget

   a tight budget

   en stram honnör

   a stiff salute

2. (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)