direct

1. direct (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

2. direct (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Example: the most direct route between two buildings

3. direct (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Straightforward; sincere.

Example: Be even and direct with me.

4. direct (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Directly.

Example: The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung.

5. direct (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To manage, control, steer.

Example: to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army

6. direct (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To aim (something) at (something else).

Example: They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.

7. direct (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

Example: He directed me to the left-hand road.