what does straight mean?
STRAIGHT as NOUN
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- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
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- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
Hypernyms(s) straight is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a heterosexual person
- someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
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Hypernyms(s) straight is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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STRAIGHT as ADJECTIVE
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- right
- in keeping with the facts
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- set the record straight
- made sure the facts were straight in the report
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- successive (without a break)
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- sick for five straight days
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- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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- following a correct or logical method
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- reliable in matters of fact
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- he was always straight with me
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- the window frame isn”t quite true
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- (of hair) having no waves or curls
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- her naturally straight hair hung long and silky
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- characterized by honesty and fairness
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- a square deal
- wanted to do the square thing
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- erect in posture
- he was straight with something angry in his attitude”
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- behind him sat old man Arthur
- stood defiantly with unbowed back
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- straight lines
- straight roads across the desert
- straight teeth
- straight shoulders
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- honest and morally upright
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- I just want a straight answer to the question
- straight dealing
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- neatly arranged
- not disorderly
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STRAIGHT as ADVERB
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- the path leads directly to the lake
- went direct to the office
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- in a forthright manner
- candidly or frankly
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- he didn”t answer directly
- told me straight out
- came out flat for less work and more pay
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- in a straight line
- in a direct course
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