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straighten
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb straighten has 6 senses
- straighten(v = verb.motion) unbend - straighten up or out; make straight; Array is one way to change posture
- straighten(v = verb.contact) straighten out - make straight; Array is one way to alter, change, modify
- straighten(v = verb.motion) Array - get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" is one way to change posture
- straighten(v = verb.change) clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" is one way to order
- straighten(v = verb.contact) roll out - straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" is one way to disentangle, unwind
- straighten(v = verb.change) Array - make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" is one way to arrange, set up
Antonym: bend
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Derived form noun straightener1
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Something ----s something
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They straighten their hair
CIDE DICTIONARY
straighten, v. t.
- To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. [1913 Webster]
- To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. [1913 Webster]
straighten, v. t.
A variant of Straiten. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
straighten, v.tr. & intr.
1 (often foll. by out) make or become straight.
2 (foll. by up) stand erect after bending.
1 (often foll. by out) make or become straight.
2 (foll. by up) stand erect after bending.
Derivative
straightener n.
THESAURUS
straighten
adjust, arrange, clean up, clear up, correct, disentangle, neaten, organize, put in order, rearrange, rectify, reform, rehabilitate, reorganize, resolve, settle, sort out, spruce up, straighten out, tidy up, uncurl, unkink, unravel, unsnarl, untangleROGET THESAURUS
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Straightness
VB be straight, have no turning, not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side, go straight, steer for, render straight, straighten, rectify, set straight, put straight, unbend, unfold, uncurl &c, unravel, unwrap.
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