straight

English

/stɹeɪt/

adj
Definitions
  • Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  • (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
  • Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
  • (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
  • Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
  • Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
  • Serious rather than comedic.
  • In proper order; as it should be.
  • In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
  • (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
  • (US) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
  • (US) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
  • (colloquial) Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable.
  • (colloquial) Heterosexual, attracted to people of the opposite sex.
  • (colloquial) Occurring between people of opposite sex.
  • (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
  • (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
  • (rare) Strait; narrow.
  • (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended.
  • (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
  • Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
  • (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 straight curve, is a geodesic.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English streight derived from Old English streċċan (stretch, spread out, prostrate, extend, hold out) derived from *strakkjan (stretch, make taut tight).

Origin

*strakkjan

Gloss

stretch, make taut tight

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