straight
part of speech
adjective (straight, straighter, straightest); adverb (straight); noun (a straight)
meaning for a pupil
1) Straight means not bent or curved; going in one direction. tree →
2) Straight means at once, without stopping: «go straight home». tree →
3) Straight hair has no curls. tree →
4) Straight can mean honest: «a straight answer». tree →
5) In a row with no break: «three days straight». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Straight paths" means a safe, right way of life. God makes a person's way straight when he guides them to do right. Interpretation: Tradition reads the straight path as the way of Torah and good conduct. The psalmist trusts God to lead him on it. In the primary lessons: a straight line or road; a straight line is the shortest way between two points; in maths: a straight angle is 180 degrees, polygons have straight sides; in everyday life: «go straight on», «sit up straight», «straight away»; phrases: «straight line», «straight ahead», «get it straight» (understand it clearly)
examples
- The God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way straight; (Writings PSA.18.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- He restoreth my soul; He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake. (Writings PSA.23.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (Writings PRO.4.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Draw a straight line 8 cm long. tree →
- The road goes straight for 3 miles. tree →
- A triangle has 3 straight sides. tree →
- He walks straight home. tree →
- Use a ruler to draw straight lines. tree →
- A straight angle is 180 degrees. tree →
- Sit up straight at your desk. tree →
- Go straight ahead and turn left at the shop. tree →
- It rained for five days straight. tree →
- She has long straight hair. tree →
- They went straight into the courtyard. tree →
note
Shape word: straight sides are measured and added for a perimeter. A circle has no straight sides. Homophone: strait (a narrow sea channel). «Straight away» means immediately. A straight line is the shortest way between two points.
In the corpora
- The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
- The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.
- And the measuring line shall yet go out straight forward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
- their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
- And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «straight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.