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Adjective: straight (straighter,straightest) streyt- Successive (without a break)
"sick for five straight days"; - consecutive - Having no deviations
"straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" - Erect in posture
"sit straight"; - unbent, unbowed - In keeping with the facts
"set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" - Neatly arranged; not disorderly
"the room is straight now" - Not homosexual
- Accurately fitted; level
"the window frame isn't quite straight"; - true - Without evasion or compromise
"a straight contradiction"; - square, straightforward - (of an alcoholic drink) without water
"took his whiskey straight"; - neat, full-strength - Following a correct or logical method
"straight reasoning" - Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
- square - (of hair) having no waves or curls
"her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" - Characterized by honesty and fairness
"straight dealing"; - square - No longer coiled
- uncoiled - Free from curves or angles
"a straight line" Adverb: straight streyt- Without deviation
"the path leads straight to the lake"; - directly, direct - In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
"told me straight out"; - directly, flat - In a straight line; in a direct course
"the road runs straight" Noun: straight streyt- A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, hetero [informal], het [slang] - A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- straightaway
Sounds like: storeys, straight Derived forms: straights, straighter, straightest See also: aboveboard, accurate, aligned, configuration, conformation, continuous, contour, conventional, correct, curliness, direct, erect, even, form, guileless, het [slang], heterosexual, honest, honestness, honesty, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], lawful, mainstream, perpendicular, right, shape, straightarrow [N. Amer, informal], straightforward, tidy, trabeate, trabeated, transparent, unbent, uncurled, uncurved, uncurving, undiluted, uninterrupted, unpermed, untwisted, upright, vertical, waviness Type of: individual, mortal, person, poker hand, section, segment, somebody, someone, soul Antonym: corrupt, crooked, curly, curving Encyclopedia: Straight, No Chaser |