Straighten

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.
     A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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