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

stiff

taut

abrupt

steep

stringent

tensely

snugly

offhand

offhanded

hard

off-hand

off-handed

stunned

set

fixed

stark

barely

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.