strake
strake · strakes · straked · straking
To stretchTo stretch.
/ˈstɹeɪk/
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)To stretch.
Origin
From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). Akin to Old English streċċan (“to make straight, stretch”).
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Forms
strakes, straking, straked, strakedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle