straight Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
    straight person; heterosexual person; heterosexual.
  2. noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
  3. noun a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
    straightaway.
  4. adjective satellite successive (without a break)
    consecutive.
    • sick for five straight days
  5. adjective having no deviations
    • straight lines
    • straight roads across the desert
    • straight teeth
    • straight shoulders
  6. adjective (of hair) having no waves or curls
    • her naturally straight hair hung long and silky
  7. adjective satellite erect in posture
    unbent; unbowed.
    • sit straight
    • stood defiantly with unbowed back
  8. adjective satellite in keeping with the facts
    • set the record straight
    • made sure the facts were straight in the report
  9. adjective characterized by honesty and fairness
    square.
    • straight dealing
    • a square deal
  10. adjective no longer coiled
    uncoiled.
  11. adjective free from curves or angles
    • a straight line
  12. adjective satellite neatly arranged; not disorderly
    • the room is straight now
  13. adjective satellite not homosexual
  14. adjective satellite accurately fitted; level
    true.
    • the window frame isn't quite true
  15. adjective satellite without evasion or compromise
    square; straightforward.
    • a square contradiction
    • he is not being as straightforward as it appears
  16. adjective satellite without water
    neat; full-strength.
    • took his whiskey neat
  17. adjective satellite following a correct or logical method
    • straight reasoning
  18. adjective satellite rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
    square.
  19. adverb without deviation
    direct; directly.
    • the path leads directly to the lake
    • went direct to the office
  20. adverb in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
    flat; directly.
    • he didn't answer directly
    • told me straight out
    • came out flat for less work and more pay
  21. adverb in a straight line; in a direct course
    • the road runs straight

WordNet

Straight adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.
Straight adjective
Etymology
OE. streit, properly p.p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p.p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See Stretch.
Wordforms
comparative Straighter ; superlative Straightest
Definitions
  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. the straight and narrow, proper ethical conduct; -- used esp. in the phrase walk the straight and narrow.
Straight adverb
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Definitions
  1. (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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To straighten. R. A Smith.

Webster 1913