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unadulterated, uncut, unmodified, unaltered, unalloyed: He
likes his whisky straight. 10 even, square, settled,
straightened out, agreed: The account will be straight when
Dick makes the last payment. 11 heterosexual, normal, Slang
hetero: Till Evelyn came out of the closet, I thought he was
straight.
--adv. 12 directly, right, undeviatingly, unswervingly; as the
crow flies, in a beeline: I should have known she would go
straight to the police. 13 (straight) ahead: Go straight for a
mile and you'll see it on the right. 14 Sometimes, straight
out. directly, unequivocally, unambiguously, forthrightly,
straightforwardly, point-blank, candidly, plainly, simply, in
plain or simple English, explicitly, outright, honestly,
accurately: Just give me the story straight, without beating
about the bush. 15 Often, straight away or off. immediately, at
once, without delay, instantly, summarily, directly, right (away
or off), right off the bat, promptly, Colloq p.d.q. (= 'pretty
damned quick'): She went back to work straight after having the
baby. I told him straight off to leave town. 16 straight up.
without ice: I like my gin straight up.
straighten
v. 1 Often, straighten out. uncurl, untangle, disentangle,
unsnarl, unravel, unkink; clear (up), settle, resolve, sort out,
set or put straight or right or to rights, correct, adjust,
rectify: She decided to have her hair straightened. They are
busy straightening out the matter of father's will. 2 Often,
straighten out. reform, rehabilitate, organize, reorganize:
Perhaps psychotherapy will straighten him out. 3 Often,
straighten out or up. tidy (up), arrange, rearrange, neaten,
spruce up, put in order, clean (up): Would you help me
straighten up the place before you leave?
strain° v. 1 stretch, force, tax, overtax, burden, overburden,
overwork, push; exceed, surpass: His story that a bushy-haired
intruder had shot her strained the jury's credulity. 2 push,
pull, tug, heave, stretch, twist, wrench, struggle: As he
strained at his bonds the rope cut more deeply into his wrists.
3 injure, hurt, harm, impair, damage, overwork, tax, pull, tear,
twist, wrench: I strained my back lifting that box of books. 4
stretch, crane, twist; try (hard), struggle, strive, labour,
toil, push, make an effort, exert oneself: She strained to