Forced through a strainer. / Under tension; tense. / Not natural or spontaneous but done with effort

simple past tense and past participle of strain

(idiomatic, vulgar) Without doubt, certainly, for sure.

(education) Pertaining to one who makes straight As.

The state or quality of being straightforward.

In a straightforward manner.

(geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.

Alternative spelling of straight-laced / Bound with stays.

A straight section of a racetrack.

(dated) Synonym of straightaway or straight away (at once, immediately). / Directly.