STRAIGHT
straight
(adjective) in keeping with the facts; “set the record straight”; “made sure the facts were straight in the report”
straight, consecutive
(adjective) successive (without a break); “sick for five straight days”
square, straight
(adjective) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
straight
(adjective) following a correct or logical method; “straight reasoning”
neat, straight, full-strength
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water; “took his whiskey neat”
straightforward, square(a), straight
(adjective) without evasion or compromise; “a square contradiction”; “he is not being as straightforward as it appears”
true, straight
(adjective) accurately fitted; level; “the window frame isn’t quite true”
straight
(adjective) (of hair) having no waves or curls; “her naturally straight hair hung long and silky”
straight
(adjective) not homosexual
straight, unbent, unbowed
(adjective) erect in posture; “sit straight”; “stood defiantly with unbowed back”
straight
(adjective) having no deviations; “straight lines”; “straight roads across the desert”; “straight teeth”; “straight shoulders”
straight
(adjective) free from curves or angles; “a straight line”
uncoiled, straight
(adjective) no longer coiled
straight, square
(adjective) characterized by honesty and fairness; “straight dealing”; “a square deal”
straight
(adjective) neatly arranged; not disorderly; “the room is straight now”
directly, straight, direct
(adverb) without deviation; “the path leads directly to the lake”; “went direct to the office”
directly, flat, straight
(adverb) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; “he didn’t answer directly”; “told me straight out”; “came out flat for less work and more pay”
straight
(adverb) in a straight line; in a direct course; “the road runs straight”
straightaway, straight
(noun) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
straight
(noun) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
(noun) a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
straight (comparative straighter, superlative straightest)
Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. [from 14thc.]
(of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating. [from 15thc.]
Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. [from 17thc.]
(cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. [from 19thc.]
Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. [from 19thc.]
Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. [from 16th c.]
Serious rather than comedic.
In proper order; as it should be. [from 19thc.]
In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. [from 19thc.]
(tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. [from 19thc.]
(US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
(US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
(colloquial) Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable. [from 20thc.]
(colloquial) Heterosexual, attracted to people of the opposite sex.
(colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex.
(colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. [from 20thc.]
Synonym: straightedge
(fashion) Not plus size; thin.
(rare, now, chiefly, religion) Strait; narrow.
(obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended. [15th-16thc.]
(slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. [from 19thc.]
(science, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
Antonyms
• bent
• crooked
• curved
Adverb
straight (comparative more straight, superlative most straight)
Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
Continuously; without interruption or pause.
Noun
straight (plural straights)
Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
(poker) Five cards in sequence.
(colloquial) A heterosexual.
Synonyms: hetero, breeder
(slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
Synonym: Thesaurus:mainstreamer
(slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter. [from 20th c.]
Verb
straight (third-person singular simple present straights, present participle straighting, simple past and past participle straighted)
(transitive) To straighten.
Proper noun
Straight (plural Straights)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Straight is the 7708th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4307 individuals. Straight is most common among White (89.69%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Straight, a.
Definition: A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.] Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. Sir J. Mandeville.
Straight, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl. Straightest.] Etym: [OE. strei, properly p.p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p.p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See Stretch.]
1. 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. And the crooked shall be made straight. Isa. xl. 4. There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight. Dryden.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
3. (Card Playing)
Definition: Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
6. 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. [Political Cant, U.S.] Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a common arch.
– A straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or other emotion.
– A straight line. "That which lies evenly between its extreme points." Euclid. "The shortest line between two points." Chauvenet. "A line which has the same direction through its whole length." Newcomb.
– Straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely, affords a straight passageway, as for water. walk the straight and narrow.
Straight, adv.
Definition: In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. "Floating straight." Shak. I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. Addison. Everything was going on straight. W. Black.
Straight, n. (Poker)
Definition: A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
Straight, v. t.
Definition: To straighten. [R.] A Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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