(a) To stretch out (a part of one's body), extend; also fig. and in fig. context; -- also without obj.; point (a finger); prick up (ears); thrust (feet in stirrups); also, of a tree: spread out (branches); -- used fig.; ~ forth (oute); ~ a-right, straighten (one's limbs); ppl. streight, outstretched; streight oute; (b) to stretch oneself; exert oneself; straighten oneself; -- usu. refl.; stretch (Christ's body on the cross); of Christ: stretch out (himself, his body on the cross); ~ oute (up, upright); ppl. streight, stretched out; streight abrode (forth); (c) to lay (sb., oneself on the ground, floor, etc.); -- also used of an animal; strike (sb.) down; also, lay someone down [quot. ?c1425]; ~ forth; ~ ded, lie dead; ppl. streight, of a person, the body, a serpent: stretched out, prostrate; streight along (longe), stretched out at length; streight ded, dead.

(a) To stretch out (sth. other than a part of one's own body), extend, thrust; make (sth.) taut; direct the course of (a ship); hand (sth. to sb.); set (a fracture); straighten (a crooked stick); also, set a fracture [quot. ?c1425, 2nd]; of a dragon: emit (streams of poison); of a thing: be made taut [quot. ?a1425, 2nd]; ~ forth (oute), extend (sth.); also fig.; also, reduce (a dislocation); ~ oute lof, change the course of a ship by booming out the tack to shift sail; ~ up, set up (sth.), erect, raise; (b) to spread (sth.) out; cast (a net); also in fig. context; make (a bed); pitch (a tent); also fig.; also, smooth out (wrinkles); ~ oute (above, abrode, forth); (c) to cause (sth.) to expand, distend, or inflate; ~ abrode (oute, to); (d) to extend (sth. intangible); give (love, trust, etc.); increase (sin, desire, etc.); increase the scope of (rule, power, etc.); direct (one's course); ~ oute (forth); ppl. streight up, attentive, intent, focused; (e) to prolong (sth.), continue; ~ oute.

(a) To extend in space; reach to a place or from one point to another; ~ up; ppl. streight as adj.: extending; also, long [quot. c1400]; (b) to swell, expand, increase, grow, spread; also fig.; -- also refl.; (c) of a continent, country, region, etc.: to be located over a certain part of the earth, extend, lie; -- also refl.; ben streight; (d) of a wall, wharf, beam, etc.: to extend, project, reach; -- also refl.; ~ oute; ben streight forth (oute); (e) of a ray of light, a flame, shadow, sound: to extend through the air; ~ forth (up); (f) of a part of the body, bone, vein, etc.: to extend, reach; -- also refl.; of hair, a beard: hang down; of pain, cold, disease, a wound: spread, penetrate; ~ doun (forth); ben streight; ppl. strecchinge, penetrating, extending deeply; ppl. streight, reaching; streight along, long.

(a) Of something intangible, charity, virtue, etc.: to extend; -- also refl.; of colors: be arrayed in order; of disease: be transmitted; of fame, a name, etc.: spread, become known; (b) of might, power, etc.: to be in effect; of an ordinance, a license, rule, etc.: be valid, apply; of a word, text, branch of knowledge: extend, apply; -- also refl.; ~ to (for, upon); ~ communeli, refl. of terms: ?overlap; ?be used broadly; (c) to extend in time, continue.

(a) To go, come, walk; pass, proceed; wander; press forward; -- also refl.; of a river, streams of blood: flow, run [quot. a1500 Wars Alex. may belong to sense 3.(a)]; ~ forth (on); ~ to ground, fall; ben streight oute of mind, be forgotten; ben streight to the sternes, be raised to the stars; strecchinge in-to heigh, proceeding upward; (b) to suffice, permit; be adequate, be able; -- also refl.; also, be able (to do sth.), suffice; ~ to (on); (c) to reach (toward sb.); -- also refl.; reach (for sth.); catch up (to sb.); reach out to (sb.) [quot. ?a1450]; reach (sb.) [quot. c1384]; ~ to (toward, unto); (d) ~ to (toward), to tend toward (sth.); (e) ~ to, to achieve (sth.), attain to; (f) ~ to (in-to), to lead to (sth.), bring about; (g) ~ to, to amount to (a certain sum of money), add up to; (h) to as fer as she mai ~, in everything with which she is concerned, in everything she is able to reach, in all she touches.

?To constrict (breathing), make difficult [1st quot., which may belong in sense 2.(c), rendering L vr. augmentat]; also [2nd quot.], ?make (sth.) narrow, constrict; ?error for streiten v.

?Fig. To nurture (sb.), bring up, train; ?error for techen v.

In surnames.