Straight vs Yellow - What's the difference?
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Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
*1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) :
*:I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
*2011 , Adharanand Finn, (The Guardian) , 22 March:
*:The other people, I presume, are supposed to be standing to attention, but they're all smiling at me. The lines are not even straight .
#Of a path, trajectory, etc. : direct, undeviating.
#*1913 , , The Kentuckians , p.185:
#*:Now, as the world knows, the straightest' way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the ' straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far.
#*2000 , Allan Wood, Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox , p.293:
#*:He had no time to set himself, but his throw was straight and true. Pick slid in, spikes high, and Schang tagged him in the ribs a foot or two from the plate.
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, title=Travels and travails #Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
#*2004 , Chris Weston, 500 Digital Photography Hints, Tips, and Techniques :
#*:There's nothing more annoying than taking a great picture, only to find that the horizon isn't straight .
#(lb) Stretched out; fully extended.
Strait; narrow.
*Sir (John Mandeville) (c.1350)
*:Egypt is a long country, but it is straight , that is to say, narrow.
(lb) Figurative uses.
#Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
#*1879 , (Anthony Trollope), John Caldigate :
#*:‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight .’
#Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
#*2003 , Rosie Cowan, (The Guardian) , 24 April:
#*:Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions.
#In a row, in unbroken sequence.
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, title= #*2008 , "Bad vibrations", (The Economist) , 30 October:
#*:As of October 29th, three-month dollar Libor (the rate at which banks borrow from each other) had fallen for 13 straight days and was nearly one-and-a-half percentage points below its October 10th level.
#In proper order; as it should be.
#*2007 , Grant Allen, What's Bred in the Bone , p.140:
#*:Oh, music, how he loved it; it seemed to set everything straight all at once in his head.
#*2010 , Paul Gallagher, (The Observer) , 15 August:
#*:"If you wonder why folks can't take the news seriously, here's Exhibit A," said one blogger. "Lord Jesus, how can the reporter file this story with a straight face?"
#Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
#*2003 , Ron Jordan, Considerations :
#*:Real cowboys know how to rope, ride a horse and drink whisky straight .
#*2003 , Lowell Edmunds, Martini, Straight Up , p.94:
#*:The Martini is still in belief'', if not in fact, the centerpiece of a rite, and people who would not drink straight''' gin on the rocks will drink ' straight gin on the rocks if it is called a Martini.
#(lb) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
#*2011 , Alan Gardner & Barney Ronay, (The Guardian) , 15 March:
#*:Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head.
#(lb) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
#*2011 , Press Association, 10 February:
#*:Murray started well against Marcos Baghdatis before slumping to defeat in straight sets and the British No1 admitted he may not have been mentally prepared for the rigours of the ATP Tour after a gruelling start to 2011.
# Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
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# Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
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(lb) Colloquial uses.
#(lb) Conventional, socially acceptable.
#*1994 , (Jarvis Cocker), ‘Do You Remember the First Time?’:
#*:You say you've got to go home. Well at least there's someone there that you can talk to. And you never have to face up to the night on your own. Jesus, it must be great to be straight .
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#*(Wavy Gravy):
#*:‘Sure, I could have done it differentput my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could have compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul.’
#*1989 , (Gus Van Sant), (Drugstore Cowboy) :
#*:‘For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.’
#*1998 , Eileen Fitzpatrick & Dominic Pride, , 17 October 1998:
#*:‘Her last album was a bit too straight ,’ he says, ‘but this one puts her in a more contemporary framework and softens her music.’
#(lb) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
#*2001 , Ruella Frank, Body of Evidence , p.28:
#*:‘Alex's dad used a lot of drugs. He's been straight for years now, but it took a long time for him to be able to deal with his feelings.’
#(lb) Heterosexual.
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#*2007 , Layla Kumari, (The Guardian) , 17 September:
#*:Some of my friends – gay and straight – seem unable to understand the close but platonic nature of my and Gian's relationship, but have been supportive.
#*2011 , Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home , p.273:
#*:Angela smiles. ‘I'm straight , Zoe, and I'm happily married.’
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Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
* Addison
Continuously; without interruption or pause.
Something that is not crooked or bent.
# A part of a racecourse, running track or other road, etc. , that is not curved.
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Colloquial uses.
# A heterosexual.
# (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
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#* ## (poker) Five cards in sequence.
# (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also .
#* [1923 , J[oseph] Manchon, Le slang : lexique de l'anglais familier et vulgaire : précédé d'une étude sur la pronunciation et la grammaire populaires , p. 296:
Having yellow as its colour.
* Milton
* Keble
* 1911', , "The green eye of the little ' yellow god,"
* 1962' (quoting '''c. 1398 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
(lb) Lacking courage.
*Monty Python
Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
* 2004 , Doreen Carvajal, "
Asian (relating to Asian people).
High yellow.
* 1933 September 9, (James Thurber), “My Life and Hard Times—VI. A Sequence of Servants”, in The New Yorker :
Related to the .
* 2012' March 2, Andrew Grice, "
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(yellow) The colour of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
* 1892 , Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper
(US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow[s] and red[s]); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls ).
(sports) yellow card
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To become yellow or more yellow.
* 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, page 47:
To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
In lang=en terms the difference between straight and yellow
is that straight is to straighten while yellow is to make (something) yellow or more yellow.As adjectives the difference between straight and yellow
is that straight is not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length while yellow is having yellow as its colour.As nouns the difference between straight and yellow
is that straight is something that is not crooked or bent while yellow is (yellow) the colour of gold or butter; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.As verbs the difference between straight and yellow
is that straight is to straighten while yellow is to become yellow or more yellow.As an adverb straight
is of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.straight
English
Alternative forms
* streight (obsolete)Adjective
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Antonyms
* bent * crooked * curvedUsage notes
* Straight is sometimes humorously used as meaning low quality by homosexuals and bisexuals, rather than gay.Derived terms
* damn straight * go straight * scare straight * straight A * straight-acting * straight and narrow * straight arm / straight-arm * straight as an arrow * straightaway * straight bat * straight dinkum * straightedge / straight edge * straighten * straight face * straight-faced * straight flush * straightforward / straight-forward * straight from the horse's mouth * straight from the shoulder * straight hit * straightjacket * straight line * straightly * straight man * straightness * * straight out of the chute * straight shooter * straight ticket * straight up * straightwayAdverb
(en adverb)- The door will be straight ahead of you.
- Go straight back.
- On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
- I know thy generous temper well; / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire, and mounts into a blaze.
- He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight .
Noun
(en noun)- My friends call straights "heteros".
- A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.]
Synonyms
* (heterosexual) hetero, breeder * (normal person) seeyellow
English
Alternative forms
* yeallow (obsolete), yeller (slang)Adjective
(er)- A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought / First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
- The line of yellow light dies fast away.
- There's a one-eyed yellow' idol / To the north of Kathmandu; / There's a little marble cross below the town; / And a brokenhearted woman / Tends the grave of 'Mad' Carew, / While the ' yellow god for ever gazes down.
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- You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you!
Photo edict muffles gossipy press," International Herald Tribune , 4 Oct. (retrieved 29 July 2008),
- The denizens of the gossipy world of the pink press, purple prose and yellow tabloids are shivering over disputed photographs of Princess Caroline of Monaco.
- Charley threw her over for a yellow gal named Nancy: he never forgave Vashti for the vanishing from his life of a menace that had come to mean more to him than Vashti herself.
'''Yellowrebels take on Clegg over NHS 'betrayal'", ''The Independent
- yellow constituencies
- The black-yellow coalition
Synonyms
* (lacking courage) cowardlyAntonyms
* (having yellow as its colour) nonyellow, unyellowDerived terms
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(wikipedia yellow) (en noun)- It is the strangest yellow , that wall-paper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw—not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.
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Synonyms
* (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights) amber (British)Antonyms
* (intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights) red, greenHyponyms
* (color) bronze yellow, cadmium yellow, fast yellow AB, quinoline yellow, school bus yellow, sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow, taxi yellow, yellow-green,Derived terms
* see yellowVerb
- Then suddenly, with the least warning, the sky yellows and the Chergui blows in from the Sahara, stinging the eyes and choking with its sandy, sticky breath.
See also
*All pages with yellow as a prefix*