straight

straight
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adj.
1 not bent or curved
VERBS
▪ be, look
▪ become
▪ stay
▪ keep sth
▪

Keep the car straight when you're backing out.

▪ hold sth
▪

She held herself very straight.

ADVERB
▪ absolutely, completely, dead (esp. BrE), perfectly
▪

Keep going in a dead-straight line.

▪

His teeth were white and perfectly straight.

▪ almost, more or less, nearly
▪ fairly, relatively
▪ naturally
▪

She had curled her naturally straight hair.

2 level/upright
VERBS
▪ be, look
▪ hang sth, put sth
▪

Can you hang that sign straight for me?

ADVERB
▪ absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite
▪ almost, more or less, nearly
3 (esp. BrE) tidy/in order
VERBS
▪ be
▪ get sth, put sth
▪

I'm trying to get the house straight before the weekend.

▪

She tidied up and put the ornaments straight.

▪ keep sth
4 honest and truthful
VERBS
▪ be
▪

I think he was pretty straight with me.

ADVERB
▪ absolutely, completely, totally
▪ fairly, pretty
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪

Are you being completely straight with her?

5 clear/understood
VERBS
▪ be
▪ get sth
▪ put sb (esp. BrE), set sb (esp. AmE)
▪

She soon set me straight about what had happened.

ADVERB
▪ absolutely
▪

Let's get this absolutely straight.

Straight is used with these nouns: ↑actor, actress, ↑answer, ↑back, ↑brandy, ↑cut, ↑edge, ↑fight, ↑friend, ↑hair, ↑line, ↑man, ↑marriage, ↑month, ↑nose, ↑path, ↑pin, ↑question, ↑reply, ↑road, ↑sex, ↑skirt, ↑stitch, ↑stretch, ↑swap, ↑talk, ↑ticket, ↑tooth, ↑victory, ↑whisky, ↑win, ↑year
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adv.
Straight is used with these verbs: ↑aim, ↑direct, ↑shoot, ↑sit, ↑stand

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