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adverb Straight adv. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. "Floating straight." "I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze." "Everything was going on straight."
adjective Straight adj. A variant of Strait, a. (Obs. or R.) "Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow."
Straight adj. (compar. straighter; superl. straightest) 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." "There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight." 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." "The shortest line between two points." "A line which has the same direction through its whole length." Straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely, affords a straight passageway, as for water.
noun 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.
verb Straight v. t. To straighten. (R.)
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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