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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl.
     Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
     stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
     See Stretch.]
     1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to
        another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or
        crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece
        of timber.
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              And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.
                                                    4.
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              There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
              there is only one which is straight.  --Dryden.
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     2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,
        straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to
        the apex, with a small curve.
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     3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a
        regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and
        ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
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     4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from
        truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
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     5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
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     6. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the
        organization and candidates of a political party; as, a
        straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing
        the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a
        party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political
        Cant, U.S.]
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     Straight arch (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados
        is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a
        common arch.
  
     A straight face, one giving no evidence of merriment or
        other emotion.
  
     A straight line. ``That which lies evenly between its
        extreme points.'' --Euclid. ``The shortest line between
        two points.'' --Chauvenet. ``A line which has the same
        direction through its whole length.'' --Newcomb.
  
     Straight-way valve, a valve which, when opened widely,
        affords a straight passageway, as for water.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Straight \Straight\, a. [Compar. Straighter; superl.
     Straightest.] [OE. strei?t, properly p. p. of strecchen to
     stretch, AS. streht, p. p. of streccan to stretch, to extend.
     See Stretch.]
     1. Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to
        another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or
        crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece
        of timber.
  
              And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl.
                                                    4.
  
              There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but
              there is only one which is straight.  --Dryden.
  
     2. (Bot.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as,
        straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to
        the apex, with a small curve.
  
     3. (Card Playing) Composed of cards which constitute a
        regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and
        ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     a.
     (en-comparative of: straight)
     n.
     (lb en slang) (synonym of en straight t=a cigarette, particularly one
  containing tobacco instead of marijuana)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     a.
     (en-comparative of: straight)
     n.
     (lb en slang) (synonym of en straight t=a cigarette, particularly one
  containing tobacco instead of marijuana)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     a.
     (en-comparative of: straight)
     n.
     (lb en slang) (synonym of en straight t=a cigarette, particularly one
  containing tobacco instead of marijuana)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     a.
     (en-comparative of: straight)
     n.
     (lb en slang) (synonym of en straight t=a cigarette, particularly one
  containing tobacco instead of marijuana)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     Englanti a.
     (en-a-taivm s traight er)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  straighter
     Engelska a.
     (böjning en adj straight)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Straighter /stɹˈeɪtə/
  أكثر استقامة

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  straighter /stɹˈeɪtə/ 
  rovnější

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  straighter /stɹˈeɪtə/
  ordentlicher, sauberer
     Synonyms: tidier, neater
  
   see: tidy, neat, straight, tidiest, neatest, straightest
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈstɹeɪtɝ/


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