Straight Synonyms & Definitions

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• StraightDefinition & Meaning in English

(adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
(superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
(v. t.) To straighten.
(superl.) 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.
(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
(superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
(superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in ones 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.
(superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
(a.) A variant of Strait, a.
(superl.) 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.

• Straight-jointDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
(a.) Having straight joints.
(a.) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.

• Straight-outDefinition & Meaning in English

(a.) Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing.