| straight | |
| 1. adj. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. | |
| 2. adj. Of a path, trajectory, etc.: direct, undeviating. | |
| 3. adj. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, rare) Strait; narrow. | |
| 6. adj. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. | |
| 7. adj. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. | |
| 8. adj. In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. | |
| After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league. | |
| 9. adj. In proper order; as it should be. | |
| 10. adj. Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. | |
| 11. adj. (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. | |
| 12. adj. (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. | |
| 13. adj. (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party. | |
| a straight Republican; a straight Democrat | |
| 14. adj. (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others. | |
| a straight ballot | |
| 15. adj. (colloquial) Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable. | |
| 16. adj. (fashion) Not plus size; thin. | |
| the shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes; shopping at a straight-sized store | |
| 17. adj. (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. | |
| 18. adj. (colloquial) Heterosexual. | |
| 19. adj. (science) concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a stra | |
| 20. adv. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. | |
| The door will be straight ahead of you. | |
| Go straight back. | |
| 21. adv. Directly; without pause, delay or detour. | |
| On arriving at work, he went straight to his office. | |
| 22. adv. Continuously; without interruption or pause. | |
| He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight. | |
| 23. n. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track. | |
| 24. n. (poker) Five cards in sequence. | |
| 25. n. (colloquial) A heterosexual. | |
| My friends call straights "heteros". | |
| 26. n. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society. | |
| 27. n. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter. | |
| 28. v. To straighten. | |
