straight

adj 1: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"

[syn: {consecutive}]

2: having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads

across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

[ant: {crooked}]

3: (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight

hair hung long and silky" [ant: {curly}]

4: 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}]

5: right; in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight";

"made sure the facts were straight in the report"

6: honest and morally upright; "I just want a straight answer

to the question"; "straight dealing" [ant: {crooked}]

7: no longer coiled [syn: {uncoiled}] [ant: {coiled}]

8: without curves [ant: {curved}]

9: neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"

10: characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal";

"wanted to do the square thing" [syn: {square}]

11: (informal) not homosexual

12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite

true" [syn: {true}]

13: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: {neat}, {full-strength}]

14: reliable in matters of fact; "he was always straight with

me"

15: following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"

16: (slang) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: {square}]

n 1: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation

to persons of the opposite sex [syn: {heterosexual}, {heterosexual

person}, {straight person}]

2: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

3: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: {straightaway}]

adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake";

"went direct to the office" [syn: {directly}, {direct}]

2: 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}]

3: in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs

straight"