Definition of: straight

(strāt) adjective
1. Extending uniformly in the same direction without curve or bend.
2. Free from kinks; not curly, as hair.
3. Not stooped or inclined; erect, as in posture.
4. Not deviating from truth, fairness, or honesty; accurate; honest; upright; reliable; also, candid.
5. Free from obstruction; uninterrupted; unbroken.
6. Correctly kept, ordered, or arranged.
7. Sold without discount for number or quantity taken.
8. Colloq. Adhering without reservation or exception to a particular party or policy; representing the regular or older organization; accepting the whole, as of a plan, party, or policy: a straight ticket.
9. In poker, consisting of five cards forming a sequence: a straight flush.
10. Having nothing added; unmixed; undiluted: straight whisky.
11. Slang Conforming to what is accepted as usual, normal, or conventional, especially according to middle–class standards.
12. Slang Heterosexual.
—noun
1. A straight part or piece.
2. The part of a racecourse between the winning post and the last turn.
3. In poker, a numerical sequence of five cards not of the same suit, or a hand containing this.
4. A straight line.
5. Slang A conventional person.
6. Slang A heterosexual.
—adverb
1. In a straight line or a direct course.
2. Closely in line; correspondingly.
3. At once; straightway. ♦ Homophone: strait. [ME stregt <OE streht, pp. of streccan stretch]
—straight′ly adverb
—straight′·ness noun