Straight word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[noun] a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
[noun] 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"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
[adjective] successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
[adjective] (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
[adjective] following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
[adjective] reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with me"
[adjective] without water; "took his whiskey neat"
[adjective] accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
[adjective] (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
[adjective] (informal) not homosexual
[adjective] characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"
[adjective] having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
[adjective] without curves
[adjective] no longer coiled
[adjective] honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing"
[adjective] neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
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\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.
Synonyms for straight
accurate, aligned, consecutive, continuous, directly, erect, even, flat, full-strength, guileless, heterosexual, heterosexual, honest, square, straightaway, straightforward, straight person, tidy, trabeate, trabeated, true, unbowed, uncoiled, uncurled, uncurving, uninterrupted, unpermed, untwisted, unwound, vertical
Antonyms: coiled, corrupt, crooked, curly, curved, curving, indirectly
See also: direct | fucker | human | individual | lawful | mortal | perpendicular | person | poker hand | section | segment | somebody | someone | soul | stretch |
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Let's analyse "straight" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: THGIARTS. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
straight: 1 + 9 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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