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Words with a similar base: straight, straight_person, straightaway, straightforward

'straight'

[heterosexual.n.01] as in: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

'straight'

[straight.n.02] as in: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

'straight'

[straightaway.n.01] as in: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

'straight'

[straight.s.01] as in: successive (without a break)

Examples:
sick for five straight days

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[straight.a.02] as in: having no deviations

Examples:
straight lines
straight roads across the desert
straight teeth
straight shoulders

'straight'

[straight.a.03] as in: (of hair) having no waves or curls

Examples:
her naturally straight hair hung long and silky

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[straight.s.02] as in: erect in posture

Examples:
sit straight
stood defiantly with unbowed back

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[straight.s.03] as in: in keeping with the facts

Examples:
set the record straight
made sure the facts were straight in the report

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[straight.a.06] as in: characterized by honesty and fairness

Examples:
straight dealing
a square deal

'straight'

[uncoiled.a.01] as in: no longer coiled

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[straight.a.08] as in: free from curves or angles

Examples:
a straight line

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[straight.s.04] as in: neatly arranged; not disorderly

Examples:
the room is straight now

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[straight.s.05] as in: not homosexual

'straight'

[true.s.10] as in: accurately fitted; level

Examples:
the window frame isn't quite true

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[square.s.03] as in: without evasion or compromise

Examples:
a square contradiction
he is not being as straightforward as it appears

'straight'

[neat.s.06] as in: without water

Examples:
took his whiskey neat

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[straight.s.09] as in: following a correct or logical method

Examples:
straight reasoning

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[square.s.04] as in: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

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[directly.r.01] as in: without deviation

Examples:
the path leads directly to the lake
went direct to the office

'straight'

[directly.r.04] as in: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

Examples:
he didn't answer directly
told me straight out
came out flat for less work and more pay

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[straight.r.03] as in: in a straight line; in a direct course

Examples:
the road runs straight

Origins

					straight (English)
└── streght (Middle English (1100-1500))