"straight" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\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\, 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}.]
1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (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.



4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from
   truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.

5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]

6. 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\, 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\, 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\, v. t.
To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.