strak

Meaning

1. tight
2. tense (showing stress or strain)
3. sleek, without unnecessary bells and whistles (of design)

Concepts

tense

tight

strained

tightly

rigid

taut

stiff

abrupt

snugly

steep

stringent

tensely

barely

offhanded

off-hand

fixed

stunned

offhand

off-handed

set

hard

stark

Synonyms

stijf

vast

gespannen

ingespannen

kortaf

nauw

abrupt

spannend

star

steil

pakkend

bruusk

houterig

stram

stug

mooi

streng

sterk

nauwsluitend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/strɑk/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.