straight

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   in keeping with the facts

   set the record straight

2. 2
   adj

   successive, without a break

   I've been sick for five straight days.

3. 3
   adj

   following a correct or logical method

   straight reasoning

4. 4
   adj

   of hair, having no waves or curls

   My naturally straight hair hung long and silky.

5. 5
   adj

   erect in posture

   sit straight

6. 6
   adj

   having no deviations

   straight lines

7. 7
   adj

   free from curves or angles

   a straight line

8. 8
   adj

   characterized by honesty and fairness

   straight dealing

Etymology

From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed. In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), w…