n. (hand)

n. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

adv. away from a place, as in "go forth"

adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"

adv. indicating continuing action, as in "He worked away"

adv. "clean off the dirt"; "She went off"

adv. "Brush the objections aside"

adv. "Put aside some money"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

adj. away from home or business: "has been out all day"; "out to lunch"

adj. used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"

adj. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"

adj. following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"

adj. (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"

adj. not homosexual

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

adj. free from curves or angles; "a straight line"

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

adj. free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"

adj. successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"

adj. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex

adj. (unsarcastic)

adj. no longer coiled

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

adj. without water; "took his whiskey neat"

adj. going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"

adj. erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"

adj. separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

adj. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

adj. going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"

adj. of a leaf shape; long and narrow

adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"

adj. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

adj. of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"

adj. morally excellent

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

adj. free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"

adj. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

adj. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

adv. "They had never travelled abroad"

adv. in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

adv. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"

adv. "Think ahead!"

adv. conforming to the direction of a plumb line

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

adv. "She found herself face-to-face with a policeman"

adj. very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

adj. most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"

adj. remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"

adj. happening in or being of another town or city; "an out-of-town tryout"; "an out-of-town school"

adj. distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"

adj. outside regular school hours: "a special after-school class"

adj. (prefix) outside or outer: "ectoderm"

adj. (prefix) outside or beyond: "an extrauterine pregnancy"

adj. outside the regular duties of your job or profession

adj. outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and drama are popular extracurricular activities"

adj. (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"

adj. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"

adj. correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words; "a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy"; "she was word-perfect in her part"

adj. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

adj. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"

adj. conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"

adj. at all times; "around-the-clock nursing care"

adj. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"

adj. `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

adj. (of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

adj. maintained at length without interruption or weakening; "sustained flight"

adj. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

adj. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

adj. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

adj. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"

adj. oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"

adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

adj. of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"

adj. oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"

adj. accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"

adj. having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"

adj. (unsarcastic)

adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

adj. of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

adj. (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination ; "the limousine offers door-to-door service"

adj. without intervening persons

adj. (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta"

adj. proceeding from one point to another in time or space without deviation or interruption: "a direct route"; "the shortest path"

adj. (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus"; "through traffic"

adj. capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers"

adj. in walking position with right foreleg raised

adj. rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"

adj. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

adj. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

adj. having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"

adj. standing on four feet

adj. of posture; "a slim straight-backed dancer"

adj. used of your own ground; "a home game"

adj. (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"

adj. of hair in small tight curls

adj. of hair in waves; "she had long wavy hair"

adj. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

adj. (of movement) at an angle

adj. having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"

adj. curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines"

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

adj. lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

adj. (disorderly)

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

adj. (of movement) at an angle

adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

adj. of a surface; not level or flat; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface"

adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

adj. (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk

adj. curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

adv. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"