straight vs whitewash

straight

noun
  • Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track. 

  • A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments. 

  • Five cards in sequence. 

  • A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. 

  • A heterosexual. 

  • A normal person; someone in mainstream society. 

adv
  • Directly; without pause, delay or detour. 

  • Continuously; without interruption or pause. 

  • Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly. 

  • Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line. 

verb
  • To straighten. 

adj
  • Direct, undeviating. 

  • Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. 

  • Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party. 

  • Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people). 

  • Strait; narrow. 

  • Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. 

  • Thorough; utter; unqualified. 

  • Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. 

  • Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic). 

  • Not plus size; thin. 

  • In proper order; as it should be. 

  • Heterosexual. 

  • Serious rather than comedic. 

  • Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others. 

  • Related to conventional sexual intercourse. 

  • Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. 

  • Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. 

  • Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. 

  • In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. 

  • Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. 

  • Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. 

  • Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. 

whitewash

noun
  • A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white. 

  • The most basic type of thickening agent, flour blended with water to make a paste. 

  • A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep. 

  • A campaign to paper over unfavorable elements. 

verb
  • To cover over errors or bad actions. 

  • In various games, to defeat (an opponent) so that they fail to score, or to reach a certain point in the game; to skunk. 

  • To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence. 

  • To make over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white, for example by applying makeup to a person, or by discounting the participation of people of color in an event and focusing on only white participation. 

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