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StraightStraight Straight, a.
A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.]
Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to
say, narrow. --Sir J.
Mandeville. StraightStraight Straight, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl.
Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
See Stretch.]
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. --Isa. xl.
4.
There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
there is only one which is straight. --Dryden.
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. Straight
Straight Straight, adv.
In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith;
immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
``Floating straight.' --Shak.
I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the
appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire,
and mounts into a blaze. --Addison.
Everything was going on straight. --W. Black.
Straight
Straight 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.
Straight
Straight Straight, v. t.
To straighten. [R.] --A Smith.
Meaning of Straight from wikipedia
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Straight may
refer to:
Straight,
slang for hetero****ual
Straight-acting, an LGBT
person who does...
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Straight edge (sometimes
abbreviated sXe or
signified by **** or X) is a
subculture of
hardcore punk
whose adherents refrain from
using alcohol, tobacco...
- The
straight man is a
stock character in a
comedy performance,
especially a
double act,
sketch comedy, or farce. When a
comedy partner behaves eccentrically...
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those attractions."
Someone who is hetero****ual is
commonly referred to as
straight.
Along with bi****uality and homo****uality, hetero****uality is one of the...
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Straight A's is a 2013
American romantic comedy film
directed by
James Cox,
produced by
Jamie Adamic, and
starring Anna Paquin, Ryan
Phillippe and Luke...
- "
Straight On" is a song
recorded by the rock band Heart. It was
released as the
first single from the band's 1978
album Dog & Butterfly. In the U.S., "Straight...
- A
straight flag or hetero****ual flag is a
pride flag
intended to
represent hetero****uality. Some
straight flags represent straight pride, a conservative...
- The
straight engine (also
called inline engine) is a
configuration of multi-cylinder
piston engine where all of the
cylinders are
arranged in a single...
- "Super
Straight" (also
styled as Superstraight) is a song by
Australian rock band Regurgitator. The song was
released in
October 2001 as the
second single...
- A
straight-four
engine (also
called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder
piston engine where cylinders are
arranged in a line
along a
common crankshaft....