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Definition of 'straight'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) straight
without a bend, angle, wave, or curve.

2.  straight
exactly vertical or horizontal.

3.  straight
(of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.

4.  straight
evenly or uprightly formed or set:
straight shoulders.

5.  straight
direct in character; candid:
straight talk.

6.  straight
honest; honorable; upright.

7.  straight
reliable; factual; objective:
straight reportage.

8.  straight
cogent; rational:
straight thinking.

9.  straight
being in the proper order or condition.

10.  straight
continuous; unbroken:
in straight succession.

11.  straight
thoroughgoing; complete:
a straight liberal.

12.  straight
supporting all candidates of one political party:
voted a straight ticket.

13.  straight
adhering to the suitable conventions:
a straight comedy.

14.  straight
Informal.

15.  straight
heterosexual.

16.  straight
traditional; conventional.

17.  straight
free from using narcotics.

18.  straight
not engaged in crime; law-abiding; reformed.

19.  straight
undiluted; unmixed:
straight whiskey.

20. (adv.) straight
in a straight line:
to walk straight.

21.  straight
in or into an even or proper condition or position:
pictures hung straight; to put a room straight.

22.  straight
in an erect posture:
Stand straight.

23.  straight
directly:
Go straight home.

24.  straight
frankly; candidly (often fol. by out).

25.  straight
honestly; virtuously:
to live straight.

26.  straight
in possession of truth or facts:
to set someone straight.

27.  straight
without embellishment:
Tell the story straight.

28. (n.) straight
the condition of being straight.

29.  straight
a straight form, part, or position.

30.  straight
Informal.

31.  straight
a heterosexual.

32.  straight
a person who follows conventional mores.

33.  straight
a sequence of five consecutive cards of various suits.

Definition of 'straight'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

2. (noun) straight
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

3. (adj) straightaway, straight
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

4. (adj) straight, consecutive
successive (without a break)
"sick for five straight days"

5. (adj) straight
having no deviations
"straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

6. (adj) straight
(of hair) having no waves or curls
"her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"

7. (adj) straight, unbent, unbowed
erect in posture
"sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"

8. (adj) straight
in keeping with the facts
"set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"

9. (adj) straight, square
characterized by honesty and fairness
"straight dealing"; "a square deal"

10. (adj) uncoiled, straight
no longer coiled

11. (adj) straight
free from curves or angles
"a straight line"

12. (adj) straight
neatly arranged; not disorderly
"the room is straight now"

13. (adj) straight
not homosexual

14. (adj) true, straight
accurately fitted; level
"the window frame isn't quite true"

15. (adj) square(a), straightforward, straight
without evasion or compromise
"a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"

16. (adj) neat, straight, full-strength
without water
"took his whiskey neat"

17. (adj) straight
following a correct or logical method
"straight reasoning"

18. (adverb) square, straight
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

19. (adverb) directly, straight, direct
without deviation
"the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

20. (adverb) directly, flat, straight
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"

21. (adverb) straight
in a straight line; in a direct course
"the road runs straight"

Definition of 'straight'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) straight
not bending or curving
a straight line; The road was straight.

2.  straight
correctly positioned, not leaning
Move the post so that it's straight.

3.  straight
honest and truthful
Just be straight with me - do I look ridiculous?

4.  straight
one after the other without a pause; = consecutive
a business with three straight years of sales growth

5.  straight
heterosexual
Is he straight or gay do you think?

6.  straight
get sth straight
to make sure sth is understood
Let's get this straight first - I am not paying for this.

7. (adverb) straight
in a straight line, without turning or curving
The cows were running straight at us.

8.  straight
without stopping
Go straight home.

9.  straight
immediately; = now
She went straight to the principal.; He left straight after the show.

10.  straight
straight after
one after the other without a pause; = consecutive
I slept for 12 hours straight.

11.  straight
in the correct position, not leaning
Stand up straight.

Definition of 'straight'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) straight
a variant of Strait, a

2. (adverb) straight
in a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark

3. (noun) straight
a hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush

4.  straight
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

5.  straight
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

6.  straight
composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush

7.  straight
conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing

8.  straight
unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight

9.  straight
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

10. (verb) straight
to straighten

Translation of 'straight'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not bent or curved a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.
Afrikaans: reguit	Arabic: مُسْتَقيم	Bulgarian: прав
Brazilian: direito	Czech: rovný	German: gerade, glatt
Danish: lige; glat	Greek: ίσιος	Spanish: recto, liso
Estonian: sirge	Farsi: راست	Finnish: suora
French: droit; raide	Hebrew: יָשָר	Hindi: सीधा, सरल, ऋजु
Croatian: ravan, pravocrtan	Hungarian: egyenes	Indonesian: lurus
Icelandic: beinn	Italian: diritto, dritto; liscio	Japanese: まっすぐな
Korean: 곧은	Lithuanian: tiesus	Latvian: taisns
Malay: lurus	Dutch: recht	Norwegian: rett, bein, glatt
Polish: prosty	Persian: راست	Pashto: راسته
Portuguese: direito	Romanian: drept;întins	Russian: прямой
Slovak: rovný	Slovenian: raven	Serbian: prav
Swedish: rak, rät	Thai: ตรง	Turkish: düz
Taiwanese: 筆直的	Ukrainian: прямий; некучерявий	Urdu: سیدھا
Vietnamese: thẳng	Chinese: 笔直的
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