Definition of straight

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

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Straightly :: Straight-lined (a.) Having straight lines.
Right :: Right (adv.) In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide..
Orthotropous :: Orthotropous (a.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..
Surrogate :: Surrey (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom..
Bifid :: Bifid (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins..
Macron :: Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..
Radius Vector :: Radius vector (n.) An ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet, or a planet and its satellite..
Straightedge :: Straight (v. t.) To straighten.
Irregular :: Irregular (a.) Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular..
Straightener :: Straighten (v. t.) A variant of Straiten.
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile..
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Bolthead :: Bolthead (n.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver..
Rectus :: Rectus (n.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye..
Straight :: Straight (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..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
Radius Vector :: Radius vector () A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n..
Straightforth :: Straightener (n.) One who, or that which, straightens..
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