Straight | Mean of straight in English Dictionary

/ˈstreɪt/

• not having curves, bends, or angles
1. a straight line/edge
2. She has long, straight hair.
3. Keep your back straight.
• vertical or level
1. The flagpole is perfectly straight.
2. The picture isn't quite straight.
• following one after the other in order
1. He has won three straight [=consecutive] tournaments.
2. We sat in the airport for five straight hours.

• honest and direct
1. They wouldn't give me a straight answer.
2. He's known for his straight dealing.
3. They're not being straight with you.
4. What we want is some straight talk.
• including only two people or things
1. It was a straight choice: accept the offer or don't.
2. a straight exchange/swap
• not including any things or parts of a different kind
1. a straight romance novel
2. The band plays straight blues.
3. (US) He always votes a straight Democratic ticket. [=he always votes for Democratic candidates]
4. (US) She got straight A's in all her classes last year. [=she got an A in every class]
5. (US) a straight-A student
• with everything in its proper place
1. After supper, the kids helped set/put the kitchen straight. [=tidy up the kitchen]
• agreeing with what is true or what is stated to be true
1. We have to have our stories straight or else the police will get suspicious.
2. Let me get this straight [=I am surprised/confused by what you are saying and I want to be sure that I understand you correctly]: You want me to lend you $2,000?
3. You need to get your facts straight. [=you need to get your facts correct]
4. He set/put her straight about/on what happened. [=he corrected her and explained to her what actually happened]
• having nothing owed by either side
1. You pay for my ticket, and I'll consider us straight. [=even]
• behaving in a way that is socially correct and acceptable
1. (disapproving) She's too straight [=conventional] and needs to lighten up.
2. (informal) He left the gang and promised himself that he would go straight. [=stop being a criminal]
• not using drugs or alcohol
1. She has been straight for two years now.
• not mixed with anything
1. I like my bourbon/whiskey straight. [=neat]
2. I'll have a martini straight up.
• not joking or funny
1. a straight actor
2. straight theatrical drama
• in a straight or direct way
1. She looked him straight [=right, directly] in the eye and told him to leave.
2. She walked straight up to him and slapped him in the face.
3. The tunnel goes straight through the mountain.
4. The library is straight ahead.
5. This road will take you straight [=directly] to the next town.
6. He was so drunk he couldn't walk straight.
7. She sat with her legs straight out.
8. The tree fell straight down.
9. The car went straight off the road.
10. She told him straight to his face that she hated him.
• in or into a vertical position
1. Pine trees stood straight along the path.
2. Sit up straight and don't slouch.
• without any delay
1. She came straight [=right] home from school.
2. The company hires many people straight [=right] out of college.
3. He went straight to bed when he came home.
4. Let me get/come straight to the point: I think we should break up.
• without interruption
1. The rescue crew has been working for three days straight.
2. The baby slept straight through the night.
3. Since no one objected to her plan, she went straight on to talk about how to begin.
• in an honest and direct way
1. Tell me straight: did you do it or didn't you?
2. Are you dealing/playing straight with me? [=are you being honest with me?]
3. (informal) Straight up, what did you really pay for the tickets?
• in the usual, normal, or correct way
1. She was so drunk she couldn't see straight.
2. Can you please be quiet? I can't think straight.
• without delay or hesitation
1. I told him straight off that I wouldn't help him.
2. I knew straight off [=right away] that she was lying.
• in a very direct way
1. I asked him straight out if he was doing drugs.
• Noun
• a straight part of a racecourse
1. He overtook them on the straight.
• a hand of playing cards in poker that contains five cards in sequence (such as a five, a six, a seven, an eight, and a nine)
• the way of living that is honest and morally proper
1. His wife keeps him on the straight and narrow.