Crossword clues for straight
straight
- Go ___ (be law-abiding)
- Channel for auditor having got rid of The Kinks
- Retrospective works coming into view immediately
- Honourable heterosexual owing nothing directly
- Honest hand?
- Poker holding
- Good poker hand
- Poker-winning hand
- Lead-in for face or flush
- Combination at poker
- Hand, honest and level
- Final part getting house in order
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Straight \Straight\, adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith;
immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
``Floating straight.''
--Shak.
I know thy generous temper well;
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it,
It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.
--Addison.
Everything was going on straight.
--W. Black.
Straight \Straight\, a. A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.]
Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to
say, narrow.
--Sir J.
Mandeville.
Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl. Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend. See Stretch.]
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Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.
And the crooked shall be made straight.
--Isa. xl. 4.There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight.
--Dryden. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
(Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
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Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a common arch.
A straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or other emotion.
A straight line. ``That which lies evenly between its extreme points.''
--Euclid. ``The shortest line between two points.''
--Chauvenet. ``A line which has the same direction through its whole length.''
--Newcomb.Straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely, affords a straight passageway, as for water.
Straight \Straight\, n. (Poker) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
Straight \Straight\, v. t.
To straighten. [R.]
--A Smith.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "direct, undeviating; not crooked, not bent or curved," of a person, "direct, honest;" properly "stretched," adjectival use of Old English streht (earlier streaht), past participle of streccan "to stretch" (see stretch (v.)). Related: Straightly; straightness.\n
\nMeaning "true, direct, honest" is from 1520s. Of communication, "clear, unambiguous," from 1862. Sense of "undiluted, uncompromising" (as in straight whiskey, 1874) is American English, first recorded 1856. As an adverb from c.1300, "in a straight line, without swerving or deviating." Theatrical sense of "serious" (as opposed to popular or comic) is attested from 1895; vaudeville slang straight man first attested 1923.\n
\nGo straight in the underworld slang sense is from 1919; straighten up "become respectable" is from 1907. To play it straight is from 1906 in theater, 1907 in sports ("play fair"), with figurative extension; later perhaps also from jazz. Straight arrow "decent, conventional person" is 1969, from archetypal Native American brave name. Straight shooter is from 1928. Straight As "top grades" is from 1920.
"conventional," especially "heterosexual," 1941, a secondary sense evolved from straight (adj.1), probably suggested by straight and narrow path "course of conventional morality and law-abiding behavior," which is based on a misreading of Matt. vii:14 (where the gate is actually strait), and the other influence seems to be from strait-laced.
Wiktionary
1 Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. (from 14thc.) 2 #Of a path, trajectory, ''etc.'': direct, undeviating. (from 15thc.) adv. 1 Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. 2 Directly; without pause, delay or detour. 3 Continuously; without interruption or pause. n. 1 Something that is not crooked or bent. 2 # A part of a racecourse, running track or other road, ''etc.'', that is not curved. 3 ''Colloquial uses.'' 4 # A heterosexual. 5 # (context slang English) A normal person; someone in mainstream society. 6 # (context slang English) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter#Noun. (from 20th c.) v
(context transitive English) To straighten.
WordNet
n. a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [syn: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person]
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway]
adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, direct]
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" [syn: directly, flat] [ant: indirectly]
in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
adj. successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: consecutive]
having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: crooked]
(of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [ant: curly]
erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: unbent, unbowed, upright]
right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer to the question"; "straight dealing" [ant: crooked]
without curves [ant: curved]
neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing" [syn: square]
not homosexual
accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: true]
without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, full-strength]
reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with me"
following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: square]
Wikipedia
Straight was the first glossy gay men magazine in Sweden, launched in October 1999. It was focused on fashion and gay culture.
Straight was published by QX (magazine). Karl Andersson was the editor in chief.
Straight may refer to:
- Straight (poker), a type of poker hand
- Straight, or straights, used to describe individuals with mainstream points of view and appearance
- Straight, slang for heterosexual
- Straight, an alternative name for the cross punch
- Straight, the second autobiography by British artist Boy George
- Straight, a member of the straight edge subculture
- Straight, Oklahoma, unincorporated community in Texas County, Oklahoma
- Straight Records, a record label formed in 1969
- Straight, Inc., a now-defunct U.S. drug rehabilitation program for adolescents
- Straight whiskey, pure whiskey distilled at no higher than 80% alcohol content that has been aged at least two years
- Straightedge, a drawing or cutting tool
- Straight-acting or Straight-type, an LGBT person who does not exhibit the appearance or mannerisms of the gay stereotype
- Straight (racing), a section of a race track
- Straight (Tobias Regner album), the first album by German singer Tobias Regner
- Straight (2007 film), a 2007 German film by Nicolas Flessa
- Straight (2009 film), a 2009 Bollywood film starring Vinay Pathak
- Straight man (stock character), a stock character
- Straight line, having zero curvature; rectilinear.
Straight is a 2009 Indian film starring Vinay Pathak and Gul Panag in the lead roles. It is directed by Parvati Balagopalan, and produced by Idream Productions. The film is also shot in a restaurant in Leicester square, London and some parts are shot in Wembley. This movie marks the debut of a new actor named Anuj who plays a part in the love triangle. It also features Snigdha Pandey, Siddharth Makkar, Rasik Dave, Ketki Dave and Damandeep Singh in supporting roles.
Straight is a 2007 German film by director Nicolas Flessa.
In many forms of racing, the straight is that part of the race track in which the competitors travel in a straight line, as opposed to a bend. The term is used in horse racing, motor racing and track and field athletics.
In athletics, a typical 400 m track features two straights and two bends. The final straight before the finish line is known as the home straight, or the pit straight in Formula One, while the other is known as the back straight.
In motor racing, both the pit lane and finish line are often located on the longest straight on the circuit. A notable exception is the 6 km Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans, which is at the opposite side of the circuit.
In the United States the home straight in athletics, and also the straight part of a motor racing track, is sometimes referred to as a straightaway.
Straight is a play by the British playwright D. C. Moore. Based on the movie Humpday by Lynn Shelton, it premiered at the Sheffield Crucible in late 2012, and then transferred to the Bush Theatre in London.
The play was directed by Richard Wilson and featured the actors Philip McGinley, Henry Pettigrew, Jenny Rainsford and Jessica Ransom. It received strong reviews from the critics.
Usage examples of "straight".
We wondered for a long while why Kadra was so adamant about evacuating Tenua to the Abesse and sending her people straight into Volan hands.
Looking at it rising across the valley, the straight high walls and towers adazzle in the blinding light, it seemed less a city than an enormous jewel: a monstrous ornament carved of whitest ivory and nestled against the black surrounding mountains, or a colossal milk-coloured moonstone set upon the dusty green of the valley to shimmer gently in the heat haze of a blistering summer day.
Meg went about from house to house, begging deadclothes, and got the body straighted in a wonderful decent manner, with a plate of earth and salt placed upon it--an admonitory type of mortality and eternal life that has ill-advisedly gone out of fashion.
The branches and branchlets are tense and straight, crowded, adpressed and acute.
And now the force had a straight run in before it, for it had outpaced any further force of Boers which may have been advancing from the direction of Magersfontein.
Below the boughs the road swept along the crest of the crag and thence curved inward, and one surveying the scene from the windows of a bungalow at no great distance could look straight beyond the point of the precipice and into the heart of the sunset, still aflare about the west.
The Deck Officer, now crouched low on the deck, his forward leg bent, his aft leg ruler straight, quickly waved his wand forward in a big arc, the wand finally touching the deck, then coming up to point straight ahead down the deck into the wind.
Blyth, and Zack, till her vast country bonnet trembled aguishly on her head, the good woman advanced, shaking every moveable object in the room, straight to the tea-table, and enfolded Madonna in her capacious arms.
Selecting his first shaft with care, Alec sent it straight into the center of the first bull.
His long, good-natured face was seamed with age around the eyes and brow, and his short beard and the curling hair that thickly fringed his balding pate were silvery white, yet he stood as straight and easy as Alec himself.
LETTING his gaze turn from Weston, Renz gave Alker a straight, accusing look.
When Marge arrived tonight, she would watch over Dunlap while the one-armed man and the son in need of a father would ride out to check the steers, and in the meantime, Slaughter leaned back, smiling, as the setting sun cast an alpenglow on Lucas who rode straight and strong, and a colt veered from its mother, and they gamboled in the sun.
Reluctantly the sliver of aluminium answered and Bond, inches from the top of the wall, found himself swooping down into blackness and then out again on to a moonlit straight.
Cassidy was reminded of all the backstage fights he had been part of, back in the days when he still had a band: then the times when he was too fucked up on drugs to go out and play, when Jaime and Amad and the session men would haul him away from the mike and into the wings, demanding to know whether he had broken his vow to stay straight for this one gig.
I thought of nothing else, and knowing all the power of the beautiful Therese Imer over our amorous senator, who would be but too happy to please her in anything, I determined to call upon her the next day, and I went straight to her room without being announced.