About The Word Straighten
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Straighten
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What's The Definition Of Straighten?
[v] put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
[v] make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" [v] make straight [v] straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [v] get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" [v] straighten up or out; make straight Synonyms | Synonyms for Straighten: clean up | neaten | roll out | square away | straighten out | straighten out | tidy | tidy up | unbend Related Terms | Find terms related to Straighten: See Also | alter | arrange | change | change posture | channelise | channelize | clean | clean house | clear | clear up | comb | crystalise | crystalize | crystallise | crystallize | disentangle | disentangle | draw up | elucidate | enlighten | extend | houseclean | illuminate | make | make up | order | pull up | rear | rise up | set up | shed light on | sort out | straighten up | unbend | unsnarl | untwine | untwist | unweave | unwind Straighten In Webster's Dictionary \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]
1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight
form.
2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
{To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,
etc., and compose one's features.
\Straight"en\, v. t. A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.] |
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