straight

Noun · Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: heterosexualheterosexual personstraight personstraightawayconsecutiveunbentunbowedsquareuncoiledtruesquare(a)straightforward

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sexSynonyms: heterosexualheterosexual personstraight person
  2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
  3. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourseSynonyms: straightaway

Adjective (15)

  1. successive (without a break)“sick for five straight days”Synonyms: consecutive
  2. having no deviations“straight lines”“straight roads across the desert”“straight teeth”“straight shoulders”
  3. (of hair) having no waves or curls“her naturally straight hair hung long and silky”
  4. erect in posture“sit straight”“stood defiantly with unbowed back”Synonyms: unbentunbowed
  5. in keeping with the facts“set the record straight”“made sure the facts were straight in the report”
  6. characterized by honesty and fairness“straight dealing”“a square deal”Synonyms: square
  7. no longer coiledSynonyms: uncoiled
  8. free from curves or angles“a straight line”
  9. neatly arranged; not disorderly“the room is straight now”
  10. not homosexual
  11. accurately fitted; level“the window frame isn't quite true”Synonyms: true
  12. without evasion or compromise“a square contradiction”“he is not being as straightforward as it appears”Synonyms: square(a)straightforward
  13. without water“took his whiskey neat”Synonyms: neatfull-strength
  14. following a correct or logical method“straight reasoning”
  15. rigidly conventional or old-fashionedSynonyms: square

Adverb (3)

  1. without deviation“the path leads directly to the lake”“went direct to the office”Synonyms: directlydirect
  2. 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”Synonyms: directlyflat
  3. in a straight line; in a direct course“the road runs straight”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Straight \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. [1913 Webster]

And the crooked shall be made straight.— Isa. xl. 4.[1913 Webster]
There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

4.Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing. [1913 Webster]

5.Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Straight \Straight\, a. A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]

Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. --Sir J. Mandeville. [1913 Webster]

Straight \Straight\, adv. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. "Floating straight." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Everything was going on straight. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]

Straight \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. [1913 Webster]
Straight \Straight\, v. t. To straighten. [R.] --A Smith. [1913 Webster]
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