Meaning of straight in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.

• Five cards in sequence.

• A heterosexual.

  Example: 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.

  Example: 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.

  Example: a straight Democrat

• Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.

  Example: 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.

  Example: straight marriage, sex, relationship

• Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.

• Not plus size; thin.

  Example: 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).

adverb

• Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.

  Example: Go straight back.

• Directly; without pause, delay or detour.

  Example: On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.

• Continuously; without interruption or pause.

  Example: He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.