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English

Etymology

streght (Anglo Saxon streht), the past participle of Middle English strechen (Anglo-Saxon streccan), to stretch.

Pronunciation


Homophones


Alternative spellings


Adjective

  1. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  2. : a straight line.
  3. Strictly along political lines.
  4. : He always votes a straight ticket.
  5. Direct, truthful, frank.
  6. : a straight answer.
  7. As it should be.
  8. : Everything is straight now.
  9. Undiluted.
  10. : straight whiskey.
  11. Having all cylinders in a single row. (referring to an internal combustion engine)
  12. : a straight six.
  13. slang: conventional.
  14. slang: heterosexual.
  15. slang: boring, unappealing, bad or of low quality.
  16. On, or near a line running between the two wickets.


Usage notes

  • Straight is sometimes humorously used as meaning low quality by homosexuals and bisexuals, rather than gay.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|přímý|m}}
  • Dutch: recht, rechte
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|droit|m}}, {{t+|fr|droite|f}}
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t|el|ίσιος|m|sc=Grek}} (ísios), {{t|el|ευθύς|m|sc=Grek}} (efthýs)
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic:
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|díreach|xs=Irish}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|真直ぐな|tr=massugu na|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • Polish:
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reto|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|прямой|tr=pr'amój|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|実直な|tr=jicchoku na|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish:
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|direto|m}}, {{t+|pt|honesto|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|прямой|tr=pr'amój|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish:
  • Finnish: {{t+|fi|kunto|alt=kunnossa}}, {{t+|fi|järjestys|alt=järjestyksessä}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|direito|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|правильный|tr=právil'nyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|нормальный|tr=normál'nyj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch: ,
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: ,
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|直列の|tr=chokuretsu no|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish:
  • Swedish:
  • Finnish: ,
  • French:
  • German:
  • Hungarian: heteró
  • Irish: {{t-|ga|díreach|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ノンケの|tr=nonke no|sc=Jpan}}

See also

Adverb

  1. In a forward direction.
  2. : straight ahead
  3. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
  4. : He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.


Translations

  • Chinese: 直 (zhí), 直接地 (zhíjiē de)
  • Dutch:
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:

See also


Noun

  1. A part of a racecourse, running track or other road etc that is not curved.
  2. In poker, five cards in sequence.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • French: ligne droite
  • Italian: {{t-|it|rettilineo|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ストレート|tr=sutorēto|sc=Jpan}}; {{t-|ja|直線|tr=chokusen|sc=Jpan}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|reta|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|прямая|f|tr=pr'amája|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Swedish: raksträcka , raka
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|quinte|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ストレート|tr=sutorēto|sc=Jpan}}

See also


Category:1000 English basic words Category:English homophones

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Straight \Straight\, v. t.
To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet 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: 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: 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"
Moby Dictionary
OK , aboveboard , absolute , absolutely , accordant , accurate ,
accurately , ace , admitting no exception , agreed , air line ,
all right , all-embracing , all-encompassing , all-out , all-pervading ,
amorous , anal , angelic , arranged , arrowlike , articulated , artless ,
at once , authentic , away , axis , bare , beeline , best bower , bluff ,
blunt , bona fide , born , bourgeois , bower , broad , broad-based ,
brusque , button-down , candid , candidly , cards , carnal , categorical ,
catenated , ceaseless , chord , clarified , clean , clear , clubs ,
complete , composed , comprehensive , compulsive , concatenated ,
concentrated , conclusive , concordant , conformist , congenital ,
connected , constant , consummate , continual , continued , continuing ,
continuous , conventional , correct , correctly , corresponding ,
cyclical , dead , dead ahead , dead right , dead straight , decent ,
decided , decisive , deck , deep-dyed , definite , definitely ,
definitive , dependable , determinate , deuce , diagonal , diameter ,
diamonds , direct , direct line , directly , directrix , distilled ,
down the alley , downright , due , due north , dummy , dyed-in-the-wool ,
edge , egregious , emotionless , endless , entire , equitable , erect ,
erogenic , erogenous , erotic , erotogenic , even , exactly , exhaustive ,
explicit , explicitly , express , expressly , face cards , fair ,
fair and square , faithfully , faithworthy , faultless , faultlessly ,
featureless , final , fixed , flat , flat-out , flawless , flawlessly ,
fleshly , flush , formalistic , forthright , forthwith , foursquare ,
frank , frankhearted , free , free-speaking , free-spoken ,
free-tongued , full , full house , gamic , gapless , genuine , global ,
godly , good , good-faith , great-circle course , hand , harmonious ,
heart-to-heart , hearts , heterosexual , honest , honestly , honorable ,
horizontal , immediate , immediately , impassive , implicit ,
in a beeline , in a line , in accord , in all respects ,
in every respect , in keeping , in line , in line with , in order ,
in step , inappealable , incessant , incorruptible , indisputable ,
ingenuous , instanter , instantly , intensive , interminable ,
inviolable , ipsissimis verbis , irreversible , jack , joined ,
jointless , joker , just , just right , just so , kerplunk , king , knave ,
kosher , left bower , legitimate , letter-perfect , level , libidinal ,
lineal , linear , linked , literally , literatim , meticulous ,
monotonous , moral , naked , neat , never-ending , no-nonsense , nonstop ,
normal , now , nuptial , okay , omnibus , omnipresent , on the beam ,
on the level , on the square , on the straight , on the up-and-up ,
one-way , open , open and aboveboard , openhearted , orderly ,
organized , orthodox , out-and-out , outright , outspoken , oversexed ,
pack , pair , pedantic , peremptory , perennial , perfect , perfectly ,
periodic , perpendicular , pervasive , picture cards , plain ,
plain dealing , plain-spoken , plainly , plastic , playing cards , plop ,
plumb , plump , plunk , point-blank , positive , positively , potent ,
precisely , precisianistic , procreative , promptly , proper , properly ,
proven , pure , purified , queen , radical , radius , radius vector ,
rectified , rectilineal , rectilinear , recurrent , regular , reliable ,
repetitive , respectable , responsible , right , right away ,
right line , right off , right-minded , righteous , rightly , rigidly ,
rigorously , round , round-the-clock , royal flush , rubber , ruff ,
ruler-straight , running , saintlike , saintly , seamless , secant ,
sedate , segment , sensual , seraphic , serious , serried , settled , sex ,
sexed , sexlike , sexual , sexy , sheer , shipshape , shortcut , sic ,
side , simple , simply , sincere , single-hearted , singleton , smack ,
smack-dab , smooth , so , sober , spades , spang , spruce , square ,
square-dealing , square-shooting , squarely , stable , staid , steady ,
straight across , straight ahead , straight course , straight line ,
straight stretch , straight up , straight-cut , straight-front ,
straight-out , straight-shooting , straight-side ,
straight-up-and-down , straightaway , straightforward ,
straightforwardly , straightforwards , straightly , straightway ,
streamline , streamlined , strictly , strong , stuffy , summarily , sure ,
sweeping , taciturn , tangent , tested , thorough , thoroughgoing ,
through , through-and-through , tidy , to be trusted , to the letter ,
total , traditionalist , transparent , transversal , trey , trick ,
tried , tried and true , true , trump , trustable , trustworthy , trusty ,
twenty-four-hour , ubiquitous , unadulterated , unalloyed , unaltered ,
unambiguous , unambiguously , unbending , unbent , unblended , unbowed ,
unbroken , unceasing , unchecked , uncircumscribed , uncombined ,
uncompounded , unconditional , unconstrained , uncorrupted , uncurved ,
uncut , undeflected , undersexed , undeviating , undeviatingly ,
undifferentiated , undiluted , undistorted , undoubting ,
unembellished , unemotional , unending , unequivocal , unequivocally ,
unerringly , unfalse , unfortified , unguarded , unhampered ,
unhesitating , unidirectional , uniform , unintermitted ,
unintermittent , unintermitting , uninterrupted , universal ,
unleavened , unlimited , unmingled , unmistakable , unmitigated ,
unmixed , unmodified , unperfidious , unqualified , unquestioning ,
unrelieved , unremitting , unreserved ,
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