Definition of Straight

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Straight

A variant of Strait, a.

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.

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.

Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.

Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.

Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.

Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.

In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.

A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.

To straighten.

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Straight Quotations

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya Angelou

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Glance into the world just as though time were gone: and everything crooked will become straight to you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.
Ayn Rand

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
John F. Kennedy

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Helen Keller

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.
Erma Bombeck

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
W. C. Fields

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.
Michael Jackson

Straight Translations

straight in Afrikaans is direk
straight in Danish is lige
straight in Dutch is direct, live, recht, rechtstreeks
straight in Finnish is suora
straight in French is direct, droite
straight in Italian is pari
straight in Portuguese is em linha reta

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