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straight
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[ adverb ] without deviation
Examples "the path leads directly to the lake" "went direct to the office" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)But Mr._Hendl does not go straight to any point . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)a train rushes straight at the audience , or a great wave threatens to break over the seats . As a finale is appended a close-up of one of the band taking_aim and firing his revolver straight at the audience . Each scene is shot straight through , as had been the universal custom , from a camera fixed in a single position , but in the outdoor scenes , especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws , Porter 's camera position breaks , necessarily , with the camera position standard until then , which had been , roughly , that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Stevie twisted and , frantically , commanded the mare to leap straight ahead . |
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[ adjective ] successive (without a break)
Synonyms Examples "sick for five straight days" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)The Orioles tonight retained the distinction of being the only winless team among the eighteen Major-League_clubs as they dropped their sixth straight spring exhibition decision , this one to the Kansas_City Athletics by a score of 5 to 3 . The Flock added a pair of tallies in the third on three straight hits after two were out . Gaining her second straight victory , Norman_B._Small_,_Jr. 's Garden_Fresh , a 3 - year old filly , downed promising colts in the $ 4500 St._Patrick's_Day_Purse , featured seventh race here today , and paid $ 7.20 straight . (The Dallas Morning News,...)He ran his string of successful conversions this season to 13 straight before one went astray last Saturday night in the 41 - 8 slaughter of Washington_State . `` I think the big thing about the game was that our kids for the third straight week stayed in there pitching and kept the pressure on . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Examples "he didn't answer directly" "told me straight out" "came out flat for less work and more pay" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)That_is , when Mr._Milstein thrust straight to the core of the music , sparks flying , bow shredding , violin singing , glittering and sometimes spitting , Mr._Hendl could go_along . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)After having mated , an Andrena female digs a hole straight down into the ground , forming a burrow about the size of a lead_pencil . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)He went straight to the Presidential box . (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He came home overheated , ran straight to the ice-chest , and gulped shivery cold water . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)The gray face stared straight ahead in the drizzle . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having no deviations
Examples "straight lines" "straight roads across the desert" "straight teeth" "straight shoulders" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)When the front knee is straight and locked , allow it to bend again until you feel the bar come lightly into contact with the sides of the Power_Stands . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Keep the legs straight and the toes pointed . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)She was too young , that was all ; too young and thin and straight . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)He looked so comfortable being straight . |
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[ adjective ] (of hair) having no waves or curls
Examples "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)The straight , black hair flopped in a vigorous nod , the slender nose plunged toward glass teeth and drew safely back . |
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[ adjective ] erect in posture
Examples "behind him sat old man Arthur he was straight with something angry in his attitude" "stood defiantly with unbowed back" Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)Behind him on the steps of the little office sat old_man_Arthur ; he was straight , something angry in his attitude , as if he might be waiting to report something . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a straight line; in a direct course
Examples "the road runs straight" |
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[ adjective ] right; in keeping with the facts
Examples "set the record straight" "made sure the facts were straight in the report" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without water
Synonyms Examples "took his whiskey neat" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] reliable in matters of fact
Examples "he was always straight with me" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without water
Synonyms Examples "took his whiskey neat" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (cards) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
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[ adjective ] (informal) not homosexual
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[ adjective ] honest and morally upright
Examples "I just want a straight answer to the question" "straight dealing" Related terms crooked straightarrow guileless aboveboard honest lawful honesty |
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[ adjective ] neatly arranged; not disorderly
Examples "the room is straight now" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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[ adjective ] following a correct or logical method
Examples "straight reasoning" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sexuality) a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5018
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[ noun ] a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
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