straight
What is the Definition of straight?
Noun:
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Adjective:
- successive (without a break)
- having no deviations
- (of hair)
- in keeping with the facts
- characterized by honesty and fairness
- no longer coiled
- free from curves or angles
- neatly arranged; not disorderly
- accurately fitted; level
- without evasion or compromise
- following a correct or logical method
- rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Adverb:
- without deviation
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- in a straight line; in a direct course
How can I use straight in a sentence?
Unfortunately, while everyone else was running around looking for it, Snape, who already suspected me, went straight to the third floor to head me off — and not only did my troll fail to beat you to death, that three-headed dog did not even manage to bite Snape's leg off properly.
Hermione screamed, leaping onto her seat to watch as Harry sped straight at Snape — she did not even notice Malfoy and Ron rolling around under her seat, or the scuffles and yelps coming from the whirl of fists that was Neville, Crabbe, and Goyle.
The troll could not feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry's wand had still been in his hand when he would jumped – it had gone straight up one of the troll's nostrils.
He passed Filch in the doorway; Filch's pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch's outstretched arm and streaked off up the corridor, the book's shrieks still ringing in his ears.
He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down — next second he was gathering speed in a steep dive, racing the ball — wind whistled in his ears, mingled with the screams of people watching — he stretched out his hand — a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he toppled gently onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his fist.
Other meanings of straight (synonyms, cognates).
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| straightaway |
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| straightedge |
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| straighten |
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| straighten out |
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| straightened |
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| straightener |
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| straightening |
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| straighter |
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| straightest |
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| straightforward |
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| straightforwardness |
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| straightly |
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| straightness |
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| straightway |
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