straight definition

1. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
2. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
3. successive (without a break)
• examples: sick for five straight days
4. having no deviations
• examples: straight lines
• examples: straight roads across the desert
• examples: straight teeth
• examples: straight shoulders
5. (of hair) having no waves or curls
• examples: her naturally straight hair hung long and silky
6. erect in posture
• examples: sit straight
• examples: stood defiantly with unbowed back
7. in keeping with the facts
• examples: set the record straight
• examples: made sure the facts were straight in the report
8. characterized by honesty and fairness
• examples: straight dealing
• examples: a square deal
9. free from curves or angles
• examples: a straight line
10. neatly arranged; not disorderly
• examples: the room is straight now
11. not homosexual
12. following a correct or logical method
• examples: straight reasoning
13. in a straight line; in a direct course
• examples: the road runs straight