[syn: roll out, straighten]
6. make straight or straighter;
- Example: "Straighten this post"
- Example: "straighten hair"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Straighten \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.
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2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
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To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling,
etc., and compose one's features.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.
A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
straighten
v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten,
unbend] [ant: bend, flex]
2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out]
3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students
straightened when the teacher entered"
4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten,
straighten out, square away]
5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll
out, straighten]
6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
"straighten hair"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, untangle