[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

straight \straight\, a. compar. straighter; superl.
   straightest. oe. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
   stretch, as. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
   see stretch.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            and the crooked shall be made straight. --isa. xl.
                                                  4.
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            there are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
            there is only one which is straight.  --dryden.
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   2. bot. 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.
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   3. card playing composed of cards which constitute a
      regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and
      ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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   4. conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from
      truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
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   5. unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. slang
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   6. 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. political
      cant, u.s.
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   straight arch arch., a form of arch in which the intrados
      is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a
      common arch.

   a straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or
      other emotion.

   a straight line. "that which lies evenly between its
      extreme points." --euclid. "the shortest line between two
      points." --chauvenet. "a line which has the same direction
      through its whole length." --newcomb.

   straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely,
      affords a straight passageway, as for water.
      1913 webster
see also:
straighter straightest stretch straight arch a straight face a straight line 
straight-way valve 

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