straddle | (verb) be noncommittal | - |
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(verb) sit or stand astride of | - |
(verb) range or extend over; occupy a certain area | Synonyms: range |
strafe | (verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane | - |
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straggle | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, sidetrack |
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(verb) go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way | Synonyms: sprawl |
straighten | (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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(verb) make straight or straighter | - |
(verb) make straight | Synonyms: straighten out |
(verb) straighten by unrolling | Synonyms: roll out |
(verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: unbend |
(verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position | - |
strain | (verb) cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | Synonyms: tense, tense up |
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(verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: deform, distort |
(verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: reach, strive |
(verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Synonyms: extend |
(verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out |
(verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, sift |
(verb) become stretched or tense or taut | Synonyms: tense |
(verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: puree |
(verb) test the limits of | Synonyms: stress, try |
straiten | (verb) squeeze together | - |
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(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: distress |
strand | (verb) bring to the ground | Synonyms: ground, run aground |
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(verb) drive (a vessel) ashore | - |
(verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | Synonyms: maroon |
strangle | (verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: choke |
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(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, suffocate |
(verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, hamper |
(verb) die from strangulation | - |
(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangulate, throttle |
(verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, smother, stifle |
strangulate | (verb) become constricted | - |
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(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangle, throttle |
(verb) constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air | - |
strap | (verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | - |
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(verb) sharpen with a strap | - |
(verb) tie with a strap | - |
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip |
stratify | (verb) render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand | - |
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(verb) form layers or strata | - |
(verb) form, arrange, or deposit in layers | - |
(verb) divide society into social classes or castes | - |
(verb) develop different social levels, classes, or castes | - |
straw | (verb) spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) | Synonyms: strew |
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(verb) cover or provide with or as if with straw | - |
stray | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct course or at random | Synonyms: drift, err |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |