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English

Pronunciation


Etymology

From straight + -en

Verb

  1. To cause to become straight.
  2. To become straight.
  3. To put in order#Adjective|order; to sort#Verb|sort; to tidy up.
  4. To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
  5. In the Context of To bribe#Verb|bribe or corrupt#Verb|corrupt.
  6. To stand up, especially from a sitting position.


Translations

make straight


become straight


stand up


Derived terms


See also


Category:English ergative verbs

fr:straighten io:straighten id:straighten hu:straighten fi:straighten te:straighten vi:straighten

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
[1913 Webster]

To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling,
etc., and compose one's features.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.
A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet straighten
v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: unbend] [ant: bend]
2: make straight [syn: 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 out,
square away]
5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: {roll
out}]
6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
"straighten hair"
Moby Dictionary
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


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