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straight - a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) |
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poker hand the 5 cards held in a game of poker
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straight - having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" |
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crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
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direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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perpendicular,
vertical extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
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configuration,
conformation,
contour,
shape,
form an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
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aligned brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause
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unbent not bent; "looking for an unbent nail"; "trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber"
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untwisted not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight
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straight - characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" |
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square |
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corrupt,
crooked lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
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honorable,
honest worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"
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lawful conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"
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honestness,
honesty the quality of being honest
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aboveboard,
straightforward without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
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guileless,
transparent free of deceit
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straightarrow
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straight - (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" |
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curly (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
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curliness,
waviness (of hair) a tendency to curl
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uncurled not having been curled
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unpermed not having had a permanent wave; "smooth glossy unpermed hair"
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straight - free from curves or angles; "a straight line" |
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curved,
curving having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
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trabeate,
trabeated not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches)
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uncurved,
uncurving having no curves
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straight - not homosexual |
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heterosexual sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
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colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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straight - following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" |
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correct,
right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"
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straight - in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" |
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accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale"
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straight - successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" |
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consecutive |
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continuous,
uninterrupted continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
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straight - erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" |
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unbent,
unbowed |
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erect,
upright,
vertical upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
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straight - neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" |
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tidy marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
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straight - in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight" |