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adjective(straight)free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities
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adjective(straight)generated by a point moving continuously in the same direction and expressed by a linear equation
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adjective(straight)lying along or holding to a direct or proper course or method
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adverb(straight)in a straight manner
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verb(straight)straighten
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noun(straight)something that is straight: such as
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noun(straight)a straight line or arrangement
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noun(straight)straightaway; especially : homestretch
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adjective(straight)relating to or being music performed in an unembellished manner typical of a given idiom or performer; broadly : straightforward
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noun(straight)the way of propriety and rectitude —used with the
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noun(straight)an angle whose sides lie in opposite directions from the vertex in the same straight line and which equals two right angles
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noun(straight)an act or instance of warding off a person or thing by pushing with the palm of the hand with the arm fully extended from the shoulder and the elbow locked —called also stiff-arm
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noun(straight)a person who lives by rigidly proper or conventional standards
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noun(straight)an open chain of atoms having no side chains —usually hyphenated when used attributively