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Straight

  1. Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. [from 14th c.]
  2. (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, Undeviating. [from 15th c.]
  3. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. [from 17th c.]
  4. (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. [from 19th c.]
  5. (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
  6. Direct in communication; Unevasive, straightforward. [from 19th c.]
  7. Free from dishonesty; Honest, law-abiding. [from 16th c.]
  8. Serious rather than comedic.
  9. In proper order; as it should be. [from 19th c.]
  10. In a row, in unbroken sequence; Consecutive. [from 19th c.]
  11. (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. [from 19th c.]
  12. (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
  13. (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
  14. (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. [from 20th c.]
  15. (colloquial) Heterosexual.[1] Synonym: hetero
  16. (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
  17. (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse. Coordinate term: French
  18. (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. [from 20th c.] Synonym: straightedge
  19. (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
  20. (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
  21. (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended. [15th–16th c.]
  22. (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
  23. Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. [from 19th c.]
  24. (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
  25. (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
  26. (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
  27. (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
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