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What does straight mean?

Definitions in simple English

straight Adverb

— If something goes straight, it continues to move in one direction without turning. No not that road. Just keep driving straight.

straight Adjective

— If something is straight, it does not bend, or turn. It continues in one direction. He had had too much to drink and couldn't walk in a straight line. — Someone who is straight is heterosexual; being attracted to those of the opposite sex.

straight Noun

— In the card game of poker, a straight hand has five sequential cards. A 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is considered a straight hand.

straight

— adverb (= directly, direct) without deviation the path leads directly to the lake went direct to the office — adjective successive (without a break) sick for five straight days — adverb (= directly, flat) 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 — adjective having no deviations straight lines straight roads across the desert straight teeth straight shoulders — adjective (of hair) having no waves or curls her naturally straight hair hung long and silky — adjective (= unbowed) erect in posture sit straight stood defiantly with unbowed back — adverb in a straight line; in a direct course the road runs straight — adjective in keeping with the facts set the record straight made sure the facts were straight in the report — adjective free from curves or angles a straight line — adjective (= square) characterized by honesty and fairness straight dealing a square deal — adjective neatly arranged; not disorderly the room is straight now — adjective following a correct or logical method straight reasoning — adjective not homosexual — noun a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) — adjective (= uncoiled) no longer coiled — noun a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse — adjective (= true) accurately fitted; level the window frame isn't quite true — adjective (= square) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned — adjective (= neat) without water took his whiskey neat — adjective (= square, straightforward) without evasion or compromise a square contradiction he is not being as straightforward as it appears — noun (= heterosexual, heterosexual person) a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

Synonyms straight synonyms

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direct upright directly right erect honest correct square true straightforward level even flat righteous heterosexual just smooth equal vertically unbent truthful straighten straightaway neat frank consecutive very straight vertical unbowed trusty straight line straight ahead stiff reliable good forthright candid without equivocation unfailing trustworthy trustable tall straight person straight away sincere sensible secure responsible pure principled

Topics straight topics

What do people use straight to talk about?

Language and thought Communication Say True

Hairstyle

What words describe a hairstyle?

curled wavy straight bobbed pigtailed

States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Series

What words indicate that someone does things in a series?

in succession one after the other one after another straight in a row running alternate

Physical actions Posture

Straight posture

What words describe someone who is in a straight posture?

straight posture stand at attention stand/sit stiffly erect
What words refer to changing your posture so that it is straight?

straighten up sit up straight stand up straight

Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Tidy

What words refer to making something tidy?

tidy tidy up clean up clear up straighten straighten up get the place straight put something straight put something in order put something away

Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move straight without turning

What words refer to moving straight?

go straight in a straight line direct as the crow flies

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

What words refer to trying not to laugh?

(try to/can't) keep a straight face stifle a laugh

Social behavior Behavior

Change behavior

What words refer to changing your behavior for the better?

reform grow up mature mend your ways turn over a new leaf shape up improve go straight overcome your past

Social behavior Conflict Peace

Repent

What words indicate that a person has decided to change his behavior?

repent have a change of heart reverse your behavior reform go straight

Work and occupation Tool

Fastening tool

What words refer to something used to join things together?

adhesive band belt binder binding bolt bond brace bracket brad buckle button cable cement chain cinch clamp clasp clip clothespin cord cotter coupler dowel fastener fastening fetter glue gum guy handcuff hasp hemp hinge hitch hook knot lace lacing lariat lashing lasso latch line linkage lock loop manacle mooring nail nut padlock paste peg pin safety pin straight pin plaster putty rivet rope screw shackle shoelace shoestring snap solder staple stay stitch stocks strap string tack tape thong thread thumbtack truss twine wedge wire wrap wrapping yarn zipper

Physical actions Posture

Sit

What words describe how a person is sitting?

sit with your legs crossed sit cross-legged sit back settle back sit up sit up straight sit forward be on the edge of your seat sit astride straddle sit still sit around curl up perch

Examples straight examples

How do I use straight in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He drew a straight line on the wall.

I told my boss over the phone that I would be going straight home without returning to the company.

A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.

Just a second, please. Straight and then to the right, is that it?

So, straight, then to the right, and then?

After the game, he went straight home to feed his dog.

Get your priorities straight.

I think we should go straight to Boston.

God is a circle whose circumference is a straight line.

Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.

You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?

A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.

Go straight up the street for about 100 meters, and you will get to the junction of three roads.

On arriving in the town, he went straight to see her.

The drunken man couldn't walk straight.

Get down to your work straight away.

Go straight ahead on this street.

Go straight along this street.

Go straight ahead along this street.

Go straight ahead until you reach the church.

Stop beating around the bush and give it to me straight!

After the meeting she headed straight to her desk.

Instead of beating around the bush, Jones got straight to the point.

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.

It is hard for an empty sack to stand straight.

Look straight ahead.

Go straight on.

Go straight on, and you will find the store.

Movie subtitles

If you can't uncover the truth by then, Your spirit, without following any procedures, will go straight to hell.

So let me get this straight.

Did you come straight to us from active service?

Resus trolley straight away, please!

If anyone starts with any problems breathing, let me know and we'll get out straight away.

Send those straight off, come back for an ABG.

Tell it to me straight.

Boreanaz is a straight-up fox.

After which he rode straight to the church.

Five straight terms in office.

They live in the steriliser and it's called a straight razor.

The lab have found traces of Evan's blood on the straight razor.

But how did Jared end up with a straight razor in his pocket?

We're on the home straight now, lass.

Straight! You want a straight line!

The camel is strong, but doesn't walk straight.

Keep driving straight.

Red put us on to the Pavlovich brothers because he knew it would lead him straight to Xiaoping Li.

A sinner is thrown straight into the fire burning under one of the cauldrons.

GO STRAIGHT TO THE HOTEL.

Peace, if as long as we march straight through the Cheyenne country without stopping to settle.

He knows my tongue is straight.

Straight from my hold.

The main thing is to go straight. Am I right?

I want to go straight, but it's too hard.

Straight out. you'll find the baggage on the deck.

They'll trail them so straight, it'll be a cinch.

Because it was like I couldn't think straight.

There's no easy way of saying this, OK, so I'm just going to say it straight out.

It is this crosspiece that acts as both the bones supporting the body of the biwa as well as its heart. if this crosspiece was merely straight and stiff and everything was tight and tense you wouldn't get much sound from it.

Red put us on to the brothers because it would lead him straight to Xiaoping Li.

When a lady arrives, let her straight in.

I'll be right straight back.

Straight ahead!

Straight away!

Well, better still, straight six high.

News and current affairs

Countries like South Korea and Japan, for example, have curtailed their imports of Iranian oil only reluctantly; countries like China and Russia rarely play straight on sanctions in the first place.

This makes policy opinions that come straight from the horse's mouth almost uniquely valuable.

If the ball would roll from the center point straight into one of the goals, its track would be, or would seem to be, strictly determined and the whole thing would be boring.

Employers can create networks that invite straight colleagues to support their LGBT co-workers and sponsor LGBT individuals and groups.

My father was taken from prison and transported straight to central Berlin, where he was told to set up the office for Berlin's energy supply, a task that had to be done literally from nothing.

The vast majority of homosexuals, who are indistinguishable from straight men and women, simply don't enter into the picture.

Homophobia serves not only to discriminate against homosexuals, but to keep everybody--men and women, gay and straight alike--firmly in their place.

Personal honor can no longer be relied upon to keep legislators straight.

What Bulgaria needs is an open and straight road to Europe.

Few of the others could make the same claim with a straight face.

Europe has succeeded in missing this goal for a half-century; now it has no choice but to shoot straight.

But as he exits his post, there is a growing consensus that history will record the straight-talking Dutchman as being the right man for the right job at the right time.

So there was unwelcome and unneeded market volatility because Trichet couldn't get the message out straight.

But Blair inexplicably chose to compound the mistake he had made with Brown, by announcing publicly, after having defeated the Tories for the third straight time, that he would not stand again.

Can Pakistan demand, with a straight face, rights for another people that it constantly denies to its own?

This will set policy priorities straight, put strategies in place to avert a human catastrophe, and help Africa secure its rightful place at the global economic table.

Nobody ever said that the road to stronger global governance would be straight or simple to navigate.

President Vladimir Putin undertook a scorched-earth policy in Chechnya, driving many Chechen nationalists straight into the extremists' arms.

In these circumstances, straight is the gait and narrow is the path that the Federal Reserve will have to walk - hardly an enviable position.

Quoting John Maynard Keynes, he pointed out that economics is a method that helps people to think straight and reach the correct answers, with no foreordained policy conclusions.

Their releases and the public debate to which they have contributed, however, cut straight to the heart of the ongoing struggle for Indonesia's self-identity - a struggle which has taken a dramatic turn of late.

Moreover, the IMF will still be there, along with its fiscal straight jacket and its rigorous monitoring.

The deeper we dive into what we once thought were straight-forward evolutionary processes, the more wondrous and complex they are revealed to be.

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