Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Straggle (n.) The act of straggling.
(2) - Straggle (v. t.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
(3) - Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
(4) - Straggle (v. t.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
(5) - Straggle (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.

(1) - Straggler (n.) Something that stands alone or by itself.
(2) - Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
(3) - Straggler (n.) A roving vagabond.
(4) - Straggler (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.

(1) - Stragglingly (adv.) In a straggling manner.

(1) - Straight (v. t.) To straighten.
(2) - Straight (n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
(3) - Straight (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
(4) - Straight (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.
(5) - Straight (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
(6) - Straight (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
(7) - Straight (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
(8) - Straight (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
(9) - Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
(10) - Straight (a.) A variant of Strait, a.