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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straight \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straight \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Straight \Straight\, v. t. To straighten. [R.] --A Smith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: straight adj 1: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: {consecutive}] 2: having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: {crooked}] 3: (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [ant: {curly}] 4: erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: {unbent}, {unbowed}, {upright}] 5: right in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" 6: honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing" [ant: {crooked}] 7: no longer coiled [syn: {uncoiled}] [ant: {coiled}] 8: without curves [ant: {curved}] 9: neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" 10: characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing" [syn: {square}] 11: (informal) not homosexual 12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: {true}] 13: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: {neat}, {full-strength}] 14: reliable in matters of fact "he was always straight with me" 15: following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" 16: (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {square}] n 1: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [syn: {heterosexual}, {heterosexual person}, {straight person}] 2: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) 3: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: {straightaway}] adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: {directly}, {direct}] 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" [syn: {directly}, {flat}] [ant: {indirectly}] 3: in a straight line in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
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