meaning of strains
1. A variant of Strait, a.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
5. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
6. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
7. Making no exceptions or deviations in ones 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.
8. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.
9. A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.
10. To straighten.
11. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
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