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Straight Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Straight? [n] a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [n] a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) [n] a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [adv] without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [adv] 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" [adj] erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [adv] in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight" [adj] right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" [adj] successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [adj] (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [adj] following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" [adj] reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with me" [adj] without water; "took his whiskey neat" [adj] accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [adj] (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [adj] (informal) not homosexual [adj] characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing" [adj] having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [adj] without curves [adj] no longer coiled [adj] honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing" [adj] neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Straight: aboveboard \| accurate \| aligned \| consecutive \| continuous \| conventional \| correct \| dependable \| direct \| directly \| erect \| even \| flat \| full-strength \| guileless \| heterosexual \| heterosexual \| heterosexual person \| honest \| honorable \| neat \| reliable \| right \| square \| straight person \| straightarrow(a) \| straightaway \| straightforward \| tidy \| trabeate \| trabeated \| transparent \| true \| unbent \| unbowed \| uncoiled \| uncurled \| uncurved \| uncurving \| undiluted \| uninterrupted \| unpermed \| untwisted \| unwound \| upright \| vertical Related Terms \| Find terms related to Straight: See Also \| direct \| fucker \| human \| individual \| lawful \| mortal \| perpendicular \| person \| poker hand \| section \| segment \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| stretch Straight In Webster's Dictionary \Straight\, a. 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}.] [OE. strei?t, 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.) 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) 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. \Straight\, adv. 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) 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. To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.

Straight Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Straight?

[n] a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
[n] a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
[n] a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
[adv] without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
[adv] 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"
[adj] erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
[adv] in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
[adj] right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
[adj] successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
[adj] (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
[adj] following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
[adj] reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with me"
[adj] without water; "took his whiskey neat"
[adj] accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
[adj] (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
[adj] (informal) not homosexual
[adj] characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
[adj] having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
[adj] without curves
[adj] no longer coiled
[adj] honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing"
[adj] neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"

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Straight In Webster's Dictionary

\Straight\, a.
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}.] [OE. strei?t, 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.) 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) 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.


\Straight\, adv.
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)
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.
To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.

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