straight
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                    Adjective
                    
                having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
                
                    Adjective
                    
                (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
                
                    Adjective
                    
                characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
                
                    Adjective
                    
                no longer coiled
                
                    Adjective
                    
                free from curves or angles; "a straight line"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                not homosexual
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn''t quite true"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                without water; "took his whiskey neat"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
                
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
                
                    Adverb
                    
                without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
                
                    Adverb
                    
                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"
                
                    Adverb
                    
                in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
                
                    Noun
                    
                a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
                
                    Noun
                    
            a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
                Synonyms
                    consecutive
                    direct
                    directly
                    flat
                    full-strength
                    heterosexual
                    heterosexual person
                    neat
                    square
                    straight person
                    straightaway
                    straightforward
                    true
                    unbent
                    unbowed
                    uncoiled