Straight Definition
strāt
straightest, straights, straighter
adjective
straightest, straighter
Extending continuously in the same direction without curving.
A straight line.
American Heritage
Having the same direction throughout its length; having no curvature or angularity.
A straight line.
Webster's New World
Having no waves or bends.
Straight hair.
American Heritage
Not crooked, bent, bowed, wavy, curly, etc.
Straight hair.
Webster's New World
Upright; erect.
Straight posture.
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Synonyms:
adverb
In a straight line or direction; unswervingly.
Webster's New World
Upright; erectly.
Webster's New World
In the straight position, as in diving.
American Heritage
Without detour, delay, etc.
Go straight to bed.
Webster's New World
Without equivocation, circumlocution, etc.; directly.
Tell it straight.
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Synonyms:
noun
straights
The straight part, as of a road.
American Heritage
The straight part of a racecourse between the winning post and the last turn.
American Heritage
Something straight.
Webster's New World
The quality or condition of being straight.
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Synonyms:
- straight person
- heterosexual person
- heterosexual
- straightaway
- perpendicularity
- verticality
verb
To straighten.
Wiktionary
idiom
straight up
- Served without ice:
whiskey straight up.
American Heritage
set someone straight
- to give the correct facts to, specif., so as to disabuse him or her
Webster's New World
set the record straight
- to make the truth known, esp., so as to correct a misconception
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straight off
- at once; without delay
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straight up
- served without ice
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Other Word Forms of Straight
Noun
Singular:
straight
Plural:
straightsAdjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Straight
- straight up
- set someone straight
- set the record straight
- straight off
- straight up
- the straight and narrow (path)
Origin of Straight
Middle English streght, the past participle of strechen (“to stretch"), from Old English streccan.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from past participle of strecchen to stretch stretch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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