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STRAIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Synonyms:
straight; straightaway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("straight" is a kind of...):
section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "straight"):
stretch (a straightaway section of a racetrack)
Derivation:
straight (free from curves or angles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("straight" is a kind of...):
poker hand (the 5 cards held in a game of poker)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Synonyms:
heterosexual; heterosexual person; straight; straight person
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("straight" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
straight (not homosexual)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In keeping with the facts
Example:
made sure the facts were straight in the report
Classified under:
Similar:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Successive (without a break)
Example:
sick for five straight days
Synonyms:
consecutive; straight
Classified under:
Similar:
continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Synonyms:
square; straight
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
conventional (unimaginative and conformist)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Following a correct or logical method
Example:
straight reasoning
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
Derivation:
straightness (trueness of course toward a goal)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(of an alcoholic drink) without water
Example:
took his whiskey neat
Synonyms:
full-strength; neat; straight
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
undiluted (not diluted)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Without evasion or compromise
Example:
he is not being as straightforward as it appears
Synonyms:
square; straight; straightforward
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
direct (straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action)
Derivation:
straightness (having honest intentions)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Accurately fitted; level
Example:
the window frame isn't quite true
Synonyms:
straight; true
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
even (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with))
Sense 8
Meaning:
(of hair) having no waves or curls
Example:
her naturally straight hair hung long and silky
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
uncurled (not having been curled)
unpermed (not having had a permanent wave)
Attribute:
curliness; waviness ((of hair) a tendency to curl)
Antonym:
curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)
Derivation:
straightness ((of hair) lack of a tendency to curl)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Not homosexual
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
heterosexual (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
straight (a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)
straightness (a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Erect in posture
Example:
stood defiantly with unbowed back
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Having no deviations
Example:
straight shoulders
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
aligned (in a straight line)
unbent (not bent)
untwisted (not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight)
Also:
direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)
perpendicular; vertical (at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line)
Attribute:
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Antonym:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Derivation:
straightness (freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles)
Sense 12
Meaning:
Free from curves or angles
Example:
a straight line
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
uncurved; uncurving (having no curves)
trabeate; trabeated (not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches))
Antonym:
curved (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)
Derivation:
straight (a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse)
straightness (freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles)
Sense 13
Meaning:
No longer coiled
Synonyms:
straight; uncoiled
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
uncurled (not curled)
Sense 14
Meaning:
Characterized by honesty and fairness
Example:
a square deal
Synonyms:
square; straight
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
aboveboard; straightforward (without concealment or deception; honest)
guileless; transparent (free of deceit)
straightarrow (conventionally moral and upright)
Also:
honest; honorable (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
lawful (conformable to or allowed by law)
Attribute:
honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)
Antonym:
crooked (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
Derivation:
straightness (having honest intentions)
Sense 15
Meaning:
Neatly arranged; not disorderly
Example:
the room is straight now
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
tidy (marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without deviation
Example:
went direct to the office
Synonyms:
direct; directly; straight
Classified under:
Pertainym:
straight (having no deviations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Example:
came out flat for less work and more pay
Synonyms:
directly; flat; straight
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
In a straight line; in a direct course
Example:
the road runs straight
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
I would have gone straight up and told him so, only I thought it was but fair to you to take your opinion first.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Some people have naturally straight teeth that fit together.
(Orthodontia, NIH)
It may have a slight wave on its back, but the coat is otherwise straight.
(Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever, NCI Thesaurus)
It has thick, erect, medium-length hair with a thick under-layer of straight hair.
(Finnish Spitz, NCI Thesaurus)
The body is well-muscled with a straight back.
(German Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)
Stand straight and firm, as God made you.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was so afraid that he might get upon the drink that I made him promise to go straight to you, sir, the very instant he should arrive.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A species of facultatively anaerobic, gram negative, straight rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Escherichia coli strain O111, NCI Thesaurus)
The length of a straight line that extends from one edge of a tumor or other object, through its center and to the opposite edge.
(Diameter, NCI Dictionary)
Dummling went straight into the forest, and there sat the little grey man to whom he had given his cake.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
