straight
Opposite of
mixer
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɹeɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.
Related words
very straight
straight ahead
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