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straight en · ADJ

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/stɹaɪt/ (Northumbria)
/stɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed. In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), which is from Latin strictus via Old French estreit.

Meanings

Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]” 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- The other people, I presume, are supposed to be standing to attention, but they're all smiling at me. The lines are not even straight. 2011 March 22, Adharanand Finn, The Guardian:
- I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing. 1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
(of a path, qualifier:trajectory, usually) Direct, undeviating.
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
- He had no time to set himself, but his throw was straight and true. Pick slid in, spikes high, and Schang tagged him in the ribs a foot or two from the plate. 2000, Allan Wood, Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox, page 293:
- Now, as the world knows, the straightest way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far. 1913, John Fox, Jr., The Kentuckians, page 185:
Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- There's nothing more annoying than taking a great picture, only to find that the horizon isn't straight. 2004, Chris Weston, 500 Digital Photography Hints, Tips, and Techniques:
- Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it? 1925, United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 1, Charges Against William E. Baker, U.S. District Judge
Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head. 2011 March 15, Alan Gardner, Barney Ronay, The Guardian:
(of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
- What's more, he actually tries to answer a straight question with a straight answer. 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:
- Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions[…]. 2003 April 24, Rosie Cowan, The Guardian:
Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- How easy is it to go straight after a life spent in and out of prison? 2010 August 4, The Guardian, Out of prison and trying to go straight:
- ‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight.’ 1879, Anthony Trollope, John Caldigate:
Serious rather than comedic.
- All of Peter Schickele's music, both straight and comedic are integrated side by side in this chapter. 2004, Tammy Ravas, Peter Schickele: A Bio-bibliography, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN:
- More success followed, both straight and comedic, with hits such as Dead Poets' Society (1989), in which Williams scored another Oscar nomination for skilfully handling a classic "rogue teacher" role that hovers just this side of sentimentality,[…] 2005, Bob McCabe, The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies, Rough Guides Limited:
- Allan Blye, a CBC-TV mainstay in the early Sixties, worked as a singer, writer and straight and comedic actor. 1988, Ed Gould, Entertaining Canadians: Canada's international stars, 1900-1988, Cappis Pr Pub Ltd, →ISBN:
In proper order; as it should be.
- Oh, music, how he loved it; it seemed to set everything straight all at once in his head. 2007, Grant Allen, What's Bred in the Bone, page 140:
- "If you wonder why folks can't take the news seriously, here's Exhibit A," said one blogger. "Lord Jesus, how can the reporter file this story with a straight face?" 2010 August 15, Paul Gallagher, The Observer:
In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- As of October 29th, three-month dollar Libor (the rate at which banks borrow from each other) had fallen for 13 straight days and was nearly one-and-a-half percentage points below its October 10th level. 2008 October 30, “Bad vibrations”, in The Economist:
- It moves them from 17th to 12th on seven points, while Bolton are now bottom of the table with five straight defeats. 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3-0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
- After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Murray started well against Marcos Baghdatis before slumping to defeat in straight sets and the British No1 admitted he may not have been mentally prepared for the rigours of the ATP Tour after a gruelling start to 2011. 2011 February 10, Press Association
(US) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- a straight Republican
- a straight Democrat
(US) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- a straight ballot
(colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- "When you say he's a straight guy, you mean[…]?" I held up my left hand as if it were a shield and spun my ring around. I told her: "He works on Wall Street.[…]He wouldn't understand my business. He's always had a straight job. His entire life he's been so – so normal that he doesn't even know how normal he is.[…]He doesn't know I'm a hooker. I'm pretending to be a straight chick. And it's working! And that makes him a straight guy. It's ... I feel like Dr. Frankenhooker." 2007, Tracy Quan, Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN:
- I've learned that there are two types of gays—straight gays and kinky gays. 1983 August 20, Larry Goldsmith, quoting Joanne Prevostt Anzalone, “Pilgrim Theater Closed, 'Kinky Gays' Blamed”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 1:
- ‘Her last album was a bit too straight,’ he says, ‘but this one puts her in a more contemporary framework and softens her music.’ 1998 October 17, Eileen Fitzpatrick, Dominic Pride, Billboard:
- Although Eyles, the minor celebrity, is respected by his co-workers, he looks out of place among the dozens of short-haired, short-sleeved technocrats who man the Lab. “No doubt about it,” he says, “there are an awful lot of people around here you’d have to call straight.” 1971 March 18, Timothy Crouse, “Don Eyles: Extra! Weird-Looking Freak Saves Apollo 14!”, in Rolling Stone:
- You say you've got to go home / Well at least there's someone there that you can talk to / And you never have to face up to the night on your own / Jesus, it must be great to be straight 1994, “Do You Remember the First Time?”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), His ’n’ Hers, performed by Pulp:
(colloquial) Heterosexual.
- We only appear straight for the first five seconds. Just walking down the street, in the diner, or at the boardwalk, we hear, "Is she a man? Is she a woman? If she is a straight woman, what is she doing with this gay man?" We check in with each other. "What do you think, is it okay? I think we should go. I think we should cross over to the other side. Danger." 1997, Laura Harris, Elizabeth Crocker, Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 196:
- Angela smiles. ‘I'm straight, Zoe, and I'm happily married.’ 2011, Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home, page 273:
- Why did he have to be straight? It's my tragedy. When we went camping with the school, we shared a tent. I was hoping for a Brokeback Mountain moment. I mean, I know he's straight, but there's always hope. 2013, Katie Price, He's the One, London: Century, →ISBN, page 233:
- Every other mode of social discourse is "other," whether it be termed gay (or the newly acceptable queer), bisexual, or asexual, or embodied in the concept of the spinster, the confirmed bachelor, the old maid, or the same-sex couple who will never fit into the "straight" world, and doesn't or don't want to. The state of nonstraightness is essentially suspect; it is not seen as "right [or] correct." 2012, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Straight: Constructions of Heterosexuality in the Cinema, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 1:
- ["][…]He's a straight guy who does drag." At that, the man laughed. "Oh, you're putting me on!" He decided I must have been pulling his leg the whole time. He glanced back at my husband again. "So what's his number?" "The same as mine." 2003, Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser, New York, N.Y.: Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN, page 187:
- Ain't nobody straight in L.A. / It seems that everybody is gay 1975, “Ain't Nobody Straight in L.A.”, in City of Angels, performed by The Miracles:
- Reuben, David R. (1969), chapter 8, in Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were too afraid to ask, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., published 1970, →LCCN, Homosexuals have their own language?, page 146: “STRAIGHT: a heterosexual”
- Some of my friends – gay and straight – seem unable to understand the close but platonic nature of my and Gian's relationship, but have been supportive. 2007 September 17, Layla Kumari, The Guardian:
(colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of the opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- straight marriage, sex, relationships
- What was possible family-wise was fairly limited, though many gays, lesbians, and bisexuals had children in straight relationships and then came out. 2015, Cara Bergstrom-Lynch, Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree: Confronting Social Inequalities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 6:
- However, a "man/woman relationship" with a bisexual person in it, is not a "straight" relationship[…] 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 100:
(qualifier:sex work, slang) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- “That coffee-an’ mac you got,” a French girl would crack to a straight one, and then it was on—hair came out by the handful, some bleached and some unbleached. 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 23:
(colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad. 1989, Gus Van Sant, Drugstore Cowboy:
- ‘Alex's dad used a lot of drugs. He's been straight for years now, but it took a long time for him to be able to deal with his feelings.’ 2001, Ruella Frank, Body of Evidence, page 28:
Not plus size; thin.
- The shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes.
- shopping at a straight-sized store
(rare) Strait; narrow.
- One is a wide gate and broad way seeker, while the other is the straight gate and narrow way seeker. 2013, Dr. Apostle Emmanuel Adebiyi, Purposes of the Cross:
- Family or Gentile expansion: “Behold now the place where we dwell with thee is too straight for us.” 1894, American Anthropologist, page 153:
- that the old streets are unfit for the present frequency of Coaches; and that the passage of Ludgate is a throat too straight for the body. 1814, John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Thomas Hood, The Beauties of England and Wales:
- "Enter ye into the straight gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth unto destruction, and many go in thereat; because straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." 1893, The Pulpit: A Magazine of Sermons - Volume 8, page 322:
- Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow. c. 1360, Sir John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville:
(obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
(slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps. 2012, Pimpin' Ken, PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game, page 11:
Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Real cowboys know how to rope, ride a horse and drink whisky straight. 2003, Ron Jordan, Considerations:
- The Martini is still in belief, if not in fact, the centerpiece of a rite, and people who would not drink straight gin on the rocks will drink straight gin on the rocks if it is called a Martini. 2003, Lowell Edmunds, Martini, Straight Up, page 94:
(historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
- “Was it a straight message?” Miss Jenny asked. The other said yes and she added: “Horace must have got rich, like the soldiers say all the Y.M.C.A. did. Well, if it has taught a man like Horace to make money, the war was a pretty good thing, after all.” 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23:
Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
(informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
- Just making sure you're straight
- "Is something on your mind?" "Nah, I'm straight".
(informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
- We had a bit of a disagreement, but we're straight now.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
streight		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
straighter	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
straightest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Antonyms

bent · crooked · curved

Coordinates

French

Deriveds

Descendants

ストレート

Synonyms

hetero · straightedge

Translations (382)

da heteroseksuel (heterosexual) · es recto (not crooked or bent) · de aufrichtig (direct, truthful, frank) · pt hétero (heterosexual) · hu heteró (heterosexual) · ja まっすぐな (not crooked or bent) · la solita (conventional) · sk heterosexuálny (heterosexual) · ks سیٛوٚد (not crooked or bent) · uk натура́л (heterosexual) · ady зафэ (not crooked or bent) · da ligefrem (direct, truthful, frank) · he סטרייט (heterosexual) · ang riht (not crooked or bent) · cmn 率直 (direct, truthful, frank) · rif aḥurri (undiluted) · yai алд (not crooked or bent) · sq drejtë (not crooked or bent) · cmn 妥当的 (as it should be) · de unverdünnt (undiluted) · sk priamy (not crooked or bent) · bn সিধা (not crooked or bent) · la heterosexualis (heterosexual) · ast derechu (not crooked or bent) · fi raaka (undiluted) · rmq dercha (not crooked or bent) · he ישר בין הוויקטים (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · hy ազնիվ (direct, truthful, frank) · ceb tanos (not crooked or bent) · eo rekta (not crooked or bent) · de hetero (heterosexual) · fi kunnossa (as it should be) · gd dìreach (not crooked or bent) · de rechtschaffen (as it should be) · lad pura (undiluted) · scn drittu (not crooked or bent) · de normal (conventional) · rmq sincero (direct, truthful, frank) · rmq dercho (not crooked or bent) · uk гетеросексуа́л (heterosexual) · lt tiesus (not crooked or bent) · sco straucht (undiluted) · sd ٺيڪ (as it should be) · fi heteroseksuaali (heterosexual) · de straight (heterosexual) · cs přímý (direct, truthful, frank) · ary عادي (heterosexual) · csb prosti (not crooked or bent) · ccc nanatolo (not crooked or bent) · izh soora (direct, truthful, frank) · pt puro (undiluted) · ceb tul-id (not crooked or bent) · kix ùm (not crooked or bent) · hu őszinte (direct, truthful, frank) · sd سڌو (not crooked or bent) · my စင်း (not crooked or bent) · sk normálny (conventional) · uk прями́й (direct, truthful, frank) · lad en línea (having all cylinders in a single row) · fi hetero (heterosexual) · hy ուղիղ (not crooked or bent) · sd سڌي (not crooked or bent) · lad puro (undiluted) · nl recht (not crooked or bent) · ary هيتيرو (heterosexual) · tr doğru (as it should be) · el ετεροφυλόφιλος (heterosexual) · az açıq (direct, truthful, frank) · dsb rowny (not crooked or bent) · cmn 直列的 (having all cylinders in a single row) · af reguit (not crooked or bent) · cs čistý (undiluted) · got 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (not crooked or bent) · he רגיל (conventional) · rm dretg (not crooked or bent) · ce нийса (not crooked or bent) · oc dret (not crooked or bent) · ga díreach (not crooked or bent) · ary صريح (direct, truthful, frank) · bg неразреден (undiluted) · la rectus (not crooked or bent) · az doğru (as it should be) · ur سیدھا (not crooked or bent) · rmq chachipé (as it should be) · gld тонгдо (not crooked or bent) · tr dürüst (not crooked or bent) · pt direito (as it should be) · es cashato (not crooked or bent) · lt tiesus (direct, truthful, frank) · grc ὀρθός (not crooked or bent) · az üzlü (undiluted) · ary ف الخط د الويكيت (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · pt direto (direct, truthful, frank) · de gerade (not crooked or bent) · el σκέτος (undiluted) · ia recte (not crooked or bent) · rmq normal (conventional) · de pur (undiluted) · mba matul-id (not crooked or bent) · hu tömény (undiluted) · sc diritu (not crooked or bent) · mi torotika (not crooked or bent) · sd هيٽرو (heterosexual) · az müstəqim (not crooked or bent) · gl hetero (heterosexual) · da ren (undiluted) · bn সরল (not crooked or bent) · lad liso (not crooked or bent) · sh прав (not crooked or bent) · fr en ligne (having all cylinders in a single row) · ja 直列 (having all cylinders in a single row) · az xalis (undiluted) · la dīrēctus (direct, truthful, frank) · mk прав (not crooked or bent) · tl tuwid (not crooked or bent) · da ret (not crooked or bent) · es heterosexual (heterosexual) · es liso (not crooked or bent) · sc deretu (not crooked or bent) · de ungeschminkt (direct, truthful, frank) · be прамы́ (not crooked or bent) · zza istiqamet (not crooked or bent) · es franco (direct, truthful, frank) · el ευθύς (not crooked or bent) · af soos dit hoort (as it should be) · fr classique (conventional) · pt careta (conventional) · fi laimentamaton (undiluted) · pl prosty (direct, truthful, frank) · cmn 传统的 (conventional) · nl zoals het hoort (direct, truthful, frank) · pl prosty (having all cylinders in a single row) · ru прямо́й (direct, truthful, frank) · sd خالص (undiluted) · sv rak (having all cylinders in a single row) · nv kʼézdon (not crooked or bent) · he יָשִׁיר (direct, truthful, frank) · ary مسرح (not crooked or bent) · sv hetero (heterosexual) · it eterosessuale (heterosexual) · ary عادية (conventional) · bg прав (not crooked or bent) · nl rechte (not crooked or bent) · pt reto (not crooked or bent) · zea recht (not crooked or bent) · sd کري (direct, truthful, frank) · lad franko (direct, truthful, frank) · ja ストレート (direct, truthful, frank) · tet loos (not crooked or bent) · af gewoon (conventional) · fr droit entre les guichets (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · ia directe (not crooked or bent) · sv strejt (heterosexual) · ary مسرحة (not crooked or bent) · ru стрейт (heterosexual) · da lige (not crooked or bent) · de konventionell (conventional) · he מסודרת (as it should be) · ru неразба́вленный (undiluted) · sd وڪيٽن جي سڌ ۾ (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · sco straucht (not crooked or bent) · he מסודר (as it should be) · rmq pura (undiluted) · sa साधु (not crooked or bent) · fi suora (direct, truthful, frank) · hu rendezett (as it should be) · it liscio (undiluted) · cmn 纯正的 (undiluted) · rmq liso (not crooked or bent) · ru пра́вильный (as it should be) · ota طوغری (not crooked or bent) · ca recte (not crooked or bent) · la merus (undiluted) · fr pure (undiluted) · ba дөрөҫ (as it should be) · sk rovný (not crooked or bent) · hu egyenes (not crooked or bent) · ru чи́стый (undiluted) · ba тура (as it should be) · lad derecho (not crooked or bent) · az düz (not crooked or bent) · et otsekohene (direct, truthful, frank) · da ufortyndet (undiluted) · lad derecha (not crooked or bent) · sv rak (direct, truthful, frank) · rmq hetero (heterosexual) · la ordine (as it should be) · zyp ding (not crooked or bent) · pt convencional (conventional) · ary لين اون (having all cylinders in a single row) · nl pure (undiluted) · rmq puro (undiluted) · fr comme il faut (direct, truthful, frank) · hu egyenes (direct, truthful, frank) · ro drept (not crooked or bent) · cmn 直 (not crooked or bent) · cho apissa (not crooked or bent) · mi pono (direct, truthful, frank) · vi dị tính (undiluted) · de direkt (direct, truthful, frank) · nl puur (undiluted) · fr hétéro (heterosexual) · de aufrecht (direct, truthful, frank) · lad franka (direct, truthful, frank) · rmq en la línea de los palos (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · ary مقطر (undiluted) · ary حر (undiluted) · es hétero (heterosexual) · sd سڌي قطار ۾ (having all cylinders in a single row) · vi thẳng (undiluted) · tr doğru (not crooked or bent) · fr conventionnel (conventional) · sd صحيح (as it should be) · ary عادي (conventional) · es hetero (heterosexual) · as পোন (not crooked or bent) · cmn 直 (heterosexual) · ca dret (not crooked or bent) · kbd захуэ (not crooked or bent) · vi thẳng (direct, truthful, frank) · sco straucht (direct, truthful, frank) · ary حرة (undiluted) · pl hetero (heterosexual) · hu tiszta (undiluted) · mk исправен (as it should be) · bg изправен (not crooked or bent) · sh prav (not crooked or bent) · ary مقاد (as it should be) · la in serie (having all cylinders in a single row) · he יָשָׁר (not crooked or bent) · ba төҙ (not crooked or bent) · no heterofil (heterosexual) · es en línea (having all cylinders in a single row) · et otse (not crooked or bent) · la mera (undiluted) · pt em linha (having all cylinders in a single row) · hu szokványos (conventional) · mnc ᡨᠣᠨᡩᠣ (not crooked or bent) · bg редови (having all cylinders in a single row) · uk відве́ртий (direct, truthful, frank) · pap stret (not crooked or bent) · lad normal (conventional) · ja 率直 (direct, truthful, frank) · sw -nyofu (direct, truthful, frank) · fa مستقیم (not crooked or bent) · sd کرو (direct, truthful, frank) · it diretto (direct, truthful, frank) · bg хетеросексуален (heterosexual) · mt dritt (not crooked or bent) · uk безпосере́дній (direct, truthful, frank) · sa ऋजु (not crooked or bent) · lad etero (heterosexual) · tg рост (not crooked or bent) · sd روايتي (conventional) · fr carré (as it should be) · ckb ڕێک (not crooked or bent) · fi vilpitön (direct, truthful, frank) · pl prosty (not crooked or bent) · gd dìreach (direct, truthful, frank) · dlm drat (not crooked or bent) · fur dret (not crooked or bent) · ja ストレート (undiluted) · rmq franco (direct, truthful, frank) · ga díreach (heterosexual) · af heteroseksueel (heterosexual) · pt engomadinho (conventional) · mr सरळ (not crooked or bent) · inh нийса (not crooked or bent) · mk чист (undiluted) · el ειλικρινής (direct, truthful, frank) · af straight (heterosexual) · tei adəm (not crooked or bent) · pam tulid (not crooked or bent) · es lacio (not crooked or bent) · ba тура (direct, truthful, frank) · cdo 直 (not crooked or bent) · rup ãndreptu (not crooked or bent) · ar مُسْتَقِيم (not crooked or bent) · ja ノンケ (heterosexual) · eo malgeja (heterosexual) · be про́сты (not crooked or bent) · izh kohalliin (not crooked or bent) · lb riicht (not crooked or bent) · he רגילה (conventional) · de rein (undiluted) · izh vernoi (direct, truthful, frank) · ja ストレート (heterosexual) · az qaydada olan (as it should be) · ary مقادة (as it should be) · hu rendben lévő (as it should be) · tr düz (not crooked or bent) · it in linea (having all cylinders in a single row) · de ordentlich (as it should be) · th ตรง (not crooked or bent) · fr pur (undiluted) · cmn 纯的 (undiluted) · fi suora (not crooked or bent) · izh soora (not crooked or bent) · lad derechiko entre los palos (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · fr en ordre (as it should be) · af suiwer (undiluted) · sw -nyofu (not crooked or bent) · es derecho (as it should be) · de gewöhnlich (conventional) · fi rehellinen (direct, truthful, frank) · rif taḥurrit (undiluted) · lad komo deve de ser (as it should be) · fr rectiligne (not crooked or bent) · su lempeng (not crooked or bent) · mn шулуун (not crooked or bent) · ru натура́л (heterosexual) · ru прямо́й (not crooked or bent) · tr olması gerektiği gibi (as it should be) · az rast (not crooked or bent) · de offen (direct, truthful, frank) · yue 直 (not crooked or bent) · hu nyílt (direct, truthful, frank) · km ត្រង់ (not crooked or bent) · ru норма́льный (as it should be) · izh oikia (not crooked or bent) · sk čistý (undiluted) · it retto (direct, truthful, frank) · he נקי (undiluted) · mk отворен (direct, truthful, frank) · uk прями́й (not crooked or bent) · he נקייה (undiluted) · bg прям (direct, truthful, frank) · la solitus (conventional) · sv rak (not crooked or bent) · pt almofadinha (conventional) · vi thẳng thắn (direct, truthful, frank) · sa ऋजु (direct, truthful, frank) · el ίσιος (not crooked or bent) · grc εὐθύς (direct, truthful, frank) · es convencional (conventional) · fi suora (having all cylinders in a single row) · ary صريح (direct, truthful, frank) · es puro (undiluted) · fi järjestyksessä (as it should be) · ota راست (not crooked or bent) · sv heterosexuell (heterosexual) · fa رک (direct, truthful, frank) · hi सीधा (not crooked or bent) · es recto entre los wickets (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · wa droet (not crooked or bent) · ko 똑바르다 (not crooked or bent) · it convenzionale (conventional) · ms heteroseksual (heterosexual) · grc εὐθύς (not crooked or bent) · id lurus (not crooked or bent) · la recta inter palos (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · pt honesto (direct, truthful, frank) · sc daretu (not crooked or bent) · mi tōtika (not crooked or bent) · it puro (undiluted) · pt coxinha (conventional) · be прамы́ (direct, truthful, frank) · lb gerode (not crooked or bent) · fr straight (heterosexual) · vec dirito (not crooked or bent) · rmq en línea (having all cylinders in a single row) · ms lurus (not crooked or bent) · bn সোজা (not crooked or bent) · mr विषमलिंगी (heterosexual) · ro hetero (heterosexual) · az düz (as it should be) · my ဖြောင့် (not crooked or bent) · fr conventionnelle (conventional) · cs přímý (not crooked or bent) · ccc nanatolo (as it should be) · af reguit (direct, truthful, frank) · sc dritu (not crooked or bent) · af konvensioneel (conventional) · uk пра́вильний (as it should be) · fr droit (not crooked or bent) · it dritto (not crooked or bent) · mk искрен (direct, truthful, frank) · mk правилен (as it should be) · ga díreach (direct, truthful, frank) · cmn 两个三柱门之间的直线 (on, or near a line running between the two wickets) · vi thẳng (not crooked or bent) · is beinn (not crooked or bent)

straight en · ADV

Pronunciation

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/stɹaɪt/ (Northumbria)
/stɹeɪt/

Etymology

Meanings

Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
- Go straight back.
- The door will be straight ahead of you.
Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray: What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight, And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes? c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
- "I've had just abart enough of you and your blinkin' game, Toady Joolby. Here, I'd sooner smash the bloody thing, straight, than be such a ruddy mug as to swallow any of your blahsted promises […]" 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
- I know thy generous temper well; / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
- On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- "By ginger, Mudgy, you do go off the handle over nothing. I tell you straight, I was damned annoyed with you this afternoon, going pop like that at a man over nothing." 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more straight	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most straight	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
streight		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Deriveds

straight out · straight off · think straight · straight out of the gate · straight-from-the-shoulder · straight ahead · shoot someone straight

Translations (124)

rif qbala (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · es todo derecho (in a forward direction) · fr tout droit (in a forward direction) · sq njëpasnjëshëm (continuously) · sk nepretržite (continuously) · de stracks (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · rif qbala (in a forward direction) · pl prosto (in a forward direction) · sd سڌو (in a forward direction) · sk priamo (in a forward direction) · cmn 连续地 (continuously) · hu egyhuzamban (continuously) · hu egyenesen (in a forward direction) · bg пряко (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · de geradeaus (in a forward direction) · ta தொடர்ந்து (continuously) · sd سڌو سنئون (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · lad siguido (continuously) · el αμέσως (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · la continuē (continuously) · be пра́ма (in a forward direction) · sa साधु (in a forward direction) · bg продължително (continuously) · cmn 径直 (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ta நேரே (in a forward direction) · es derecho (in a forward direction) · bg директно (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · uk про́сто (in a forward direction) · fr d'affilée (continuously) · es seguido (continuously) · rif nišan (in a forward direction) · bg напра́во (in a forward direction) · fr directement (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · hu egyenesen (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ko 똑바로 (in a forward direction) · bg пра́во (in a forward direction) · ary متابع (continuously) · nl meteen (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ja 真っ直ぐ (in a forward direction) · es directamente (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · et otse (in a forward direction) · it dritto (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ary ديريكت (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · grc εὐθύ (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · grc εὐθύ (in a forward direction) · ary نيشان (in a forward direction) · cmn 直接地 (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · lv taisni (in a forward direction) · hu közvetlenül (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · he ישר (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · nl rechtstreeks (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · sk rovno (in a forward direction) · nl onmiddellijk (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · rif bla rḥebs (continuously) · he יָשָׁר (in a forward direction) · liv kūoḑõn (in a forward direction) · fi yhteen menoon (continuously) · la rēctā (in a forward direction) · ajp دغري (in a forward direction) · et otse (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · he ברציפות (continuously) · sk priamo (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · is beint (in a forward direction) · lad direkto (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · lad derecho (in a forward direction) · hy ուղիղ (in a forward direction) · ary بلا وقوف (continuously) · ru пря́мо (in a forward direction) · hu egyvégtében (continuously) · ta நேரே (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · es del tirón (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · bg постоянно (continuously) · uk пря́мо (in a forward direction) · izh kohallee (in a forward direction) · mk право (in a forward direction) · la rēctā (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ko 죽 (in a forward direction) · acw دُغْرِي (in a forward direction) · it direttamente (in a forward direction) · sv rakt fram (in a forward direction) · hu egyfolytában (continuously) · el κατευθείαν (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · pt direto (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · gd dìreach (in a forward direction) · la assiduē (continuously) · lt tiesiai (in a forward direction) · te తిన్నగా (in a forward direction) · sco straucht (in a forward direction) · tl diretso (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ta தொடர்ச்சியாக (continuously) · uk безпосере́дньо (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · rmq sin parar (continuously) · sd لڳاتار (continuously) · te సూటిగా (in a forward direction) · lad sin parar (continuously) · acw عَلَى طُول (in a forward direction) · it direttamente (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ko 곧장 (in a forward direction) · es continuamente (continuously) · rif direkt (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · cmn 一直 (in a forward direction) · cs nepřetržitě (continuously) · eo rekte (in a forward direction) · cs přímo (in a forward direction) · rmq directo (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · be про́ста (in a forward direction) · fi suoraan (in a forward direction) · nap adderitto (in a forward direction) · ta நிற்காமல் (continuously) · lad de un golpe (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · sh prȁvo (in a forward direction) · ar عَلَى طُول (in a forward direction) · pt direto (in a forward direction) · nl direct (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · ro direct (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · nl rechtdoor (in a forward direction) · he ישירות (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · rmq p'alante (in a forward direction) · fi suoraan (directly; without pause, delay or detour) · sh пра̏во (in a forward direction) · fr trois jours d'affilée (continuously) · rmq dercho (in a forward direction) · sa ऋजु (in a forward direction) · sl naravnost (in a forward direction)

straight en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/stɹaɪt/ (Northumbria)
/stɹeɪt/

Etymology

Meanings

Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- After four grueling laps, the race had come down to a sprint. Into the straight, although my legs were burning, I called on them for more, and they responded. On my inside the maroon singlet came with me, until it was just the two of us heading for the line. 2009, Robert Newton, Runner, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 191:
- Seppi started the engine, then shifted first gear and sped away into second, then third and fourth gear. Frank heard the roar of the Porsche's engine further down the straight and the back short straight. He held a stopwatch in his hand, waiting for him to come up into the straight from the hairpin curve. 2011, Gene W. Zepp, 24 Heures Du Mans, [S.l.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 19:
Five cards in sequence.
(colloquial) A heterosexual.
- My friends call straights "heteros".
(slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
- More importantly, Blows Against the Empire […] more than any other work revealed the split vision towards space exploration among many in the counter-culture: a romantic vision of the freedom offered by space that had been fostered by a lifetime of science fiction consumption, immersion in a technological society, the countercultural yearning for speed and “the road,” and, thanks to LSD and other hallucinogens, a unique preappreciation of space traveling not available to straights, versus the bland, oppressive vision of exploration offered by NASA, itself just one part of a larger destructive system that was devastating Earth and that could only offer further oppression in space, not liberation. 2014, Matthew D. Tribbe, “Turning a Miracle into a Bummer”, in No Requiem for the Space Age, →ISBN, page 150:
- You live with straights who tell you you was king / Jump when your momma tell you anything 1971, John Lennon, “How Do You Sleep?”, in Imagine:
- Boys! Boys! You're scaring the straights, okay? Is there any way that we could do this tomorrow? 1989, Ghostbusters II, spoken by Peter Venkman (Bill Murray):
(slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.] [1923, J[oseph] Manchon, Le slang : lexique de l'anglais familier et vulgaire : précédé d'une étude sur la pronunciation et la grammaire populaires, p. 296
A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
- 2021, B. J. Deming, 25 More Facts About House Cats A hopeful sign of compromise is the growing popularity of Scottish Fold "straights" (cats like Maru, without droopy ears).

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
straights	Number=Plur		lexicographic
streight		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (83)

sk postupka (five cards in sequence) · rmq recta (something that is not crooked or bent) · scn rittufilu (something that is not crooked or bent) · rmq gachí normal (mainstream person) · el κέντα (five cards in sequence) · bg квинта (five cards in sequence) · ary سيري (five cards in sequence) · it rettilineo (something that is not crooked or bent) · bg стрейт (five cards in sequence) · ja 直線 (something that is not crooked or bent) · pl strit (five cards in sequence) · fi tavallinen savuke (ordinary cigarette) · fr ligne droite (something that is not crooked or bent) · cmn 直线 (something that is not crooked or bent) · cs postupka (five cards in sequence) · it scala (five cards in sequence) · ru стрит (five cards in sequence) · es derecho (something that is not crooked or bent) · bg обикновен човек (mainstream person) · ary إسكاليرا (five cards in sequence) · pt coxinha (mainstream person) · he סטרייט (five cards in sequence) · ary درويشة (mainstream person) · fi tavallinen ihminen (mainstream person) · sv stege (five cards in sequence) · hy սթրեյթ (five cards in sequence) · lad línea derecha (something that is not crooked or bent) · de Straße (five cards in sequence) · ja ストレート (something that is not crooked or bent) · rif lskalira (five cards in sequence) · pt senso-comum (mainstream person) · la series quinque chartarum (five cards in sequence) · sk obyčajný človek (mainstream person) · bg кента (five cards in sequence) · rmq escalera (five cards in sequence) · fr normie (mainstream person) · ja ストレート (five cards in sequence) · ary خط مستقيم (something that is not crooked or bent) · sk rovinka (something that is not crooked or bent) · sv raksträcka (something that is not crooked or bent) · pt quadrado (mainstream person) · bg права линия (something that is not crooked or bent) · hy սթրիթ (five cards in sequence) · lad eskalera (five cards in sequence) · fr personne lambda (mainstream person) · cmn 普通人 (mainstream person) · ca escala (five cards in sequence) · sd سيريز (five cards in sequence) · rif ajeṛṛiḍ iṣfan (something that is not crooked or bent) · hu sor (five cards in sequence) · he אדם רגיל (mainstream person) · es escalera (five cards in sequence) · ru пряма́я (something that is not crooked or bent) · cs rovinka (something that is not crooked or bent) · he רֶצֶף (five cards in sequence) · pt straight (five cards in sequence) · ko 스트레이트 (five cards in sequence) · sd عام ماڻهو (mainstream person) · nl straat (five cards in sequence) · es normie (mainstream person) · fr suite (five cards in sequence) · rif serya (five cards in sequence) · he נורמי (mainstream person) · es persona convencional (mainstream person) · ru стрейт (five cards in sequence) · pt careta (mainstream person) · pt reta (something that is not crooked or bent) · sv raka (something that is not crooked or bent) · mi tōtika (five cards in sequence) · sd سڌي لڪير (something that is not crooked or bent) · la homo vulgaris (mainstream person) · lad benadam normal (mainstream person) · is röð (five cards in sequence) · pt tacanho (mainstream person) · fi suora (something that is not crooked or bent) · sk normálny človek (mainstream person) · fr quinte (five cards in sequence) · ary درويش (mainstream person) · he קֶנְטָה (five cards in sequence) · fi suora (five cards in sequence) · rmq gachó normal (mainstream person) · ga sraith (five cards in sequence) · cmn 順子 /顺子 (five cards in sequence)

straight en · VERB

Pronunciation

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/stɹaɪt/ (Northumbria)
/stɹeɪt/

Etymology

Meanings

(transitive) To straighten.
- One man draws out the wire , another straights it , a third cuts it , a fourth points it , a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
straighted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
straighted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
streight		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
straights	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
straighting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic