straight
Meaning of straight
noun
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- Five cards in sequence.
- A heterosexual.
My friends call straights "heteros".
- A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
verb
To straighten.
adjective- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
a straight Democrat
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
a straight ballot
- Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable.
- Heterosexual, attracted to people of the opposite sex.
- (of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex.
straight marriage, sex, relationship
- Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Not plus size; thin.
shopping at a straight-sized store
- Strait; narrow.
- Stretched out; fully extended.
- Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
Go straight back.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
Information about straight
- The plural form of straight is: straights.
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Hyphenation of straight
straight
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- straight is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
straight synonyms
Meaning consecutive:
Meaning unbent:
Meaning square:
Meaning uncoiled:
Meaning true:
Meaning neat:
Meaning heterosexual:
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Meaning directly:
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Translation of straight
- Italian: diritto, dritto, eterosessuale, etero, scala
- French: droit, hétérosexuel, suite
- Spanish: derecho, derecha, recto, recta, heterosexual, escalera
- German: gerade, heterosexuell, hetero, geradewegs, Straße
- Portuguese: recto, heterossexual, directo, sequência
Words that rhyme with straight
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