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straight   (TTS Sound)

The noun straight has 3 senses

• heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight -- (a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)


• straight -- (a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit))


• straightaway, straight -- (a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse)

The adj straight has 15 senses

• straight, consecutive -- (successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days")


• straight -- (having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders")


• straight -- ((of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky")


• straight, unbent, unbowed -- (erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back")


• straight -- (in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report")


• straight, square -- (characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal")


• uncoiled, straight -- (no longer coiled)


• straight -- (free from curves or angles; "a straight line")


• straight -- (neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now")


• straight -- (not homosexual)


• true, straight -- (accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true")


• square, straightforward, straight -- (without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears")


• neat, straight, full-strength -- (without water; "took his whiskey neat")


• straight -- (following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning")


• square, straight -- (rigidly conventional or old-fashioned)

The adv straight has 3 senses

• directly, straight, direct -- (without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office")


• directly, flat, straight -- (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")


• straight -- (in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight")