'Straight' definitions:

Definition of 'straight'

From: WordNet
adverb
Without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct]
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" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly]
adverb
In a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
adjective
Successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight, consecutive]
adjective
Having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: crooked]
adjective
(of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [ant: curly]
adjective
Erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed]
adjective
In keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
adjective
Characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" [syn: straight, square] [ant: corrupt, crooked]
adjective
No longer coiled [syn: uncoiled, straight] [ant: coiled]
adjective
Free from curves or angles; "a straight line" [ant: curved, curving]
adjective
Neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
adjective
Not homosexual
adjective
Accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: true, straight]
adjective
Without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight]
adjective
Without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, straight, full-strength]
adjective
Following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
adjective
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: square, straight]
noun
A heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [syn: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight]
noun
A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
noun
A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight]

Definition of 'Straight'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Straight'

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

Definition of 'Straight'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Straight'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Straight'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'straight'

From: Moby Thesaurus