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| straighten |
| straighten |
| Verb | 1. | straighten - straighten up or out; make straightchange posture - undergo a change in bodily posture |
| 2. | straighten - make straight alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" untwist - cause to become untwisted unbend - free from flexure; "unbend a bow" extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" channelise, channelize - cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" untwine - undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings" unweave - undo strands that have been woven together comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" | |
| 3. | straighten - get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" straighten up, draw up, pull up - straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior" change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture | |
| 4. | straighten - put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" order - bring order to or into; "Order these files" | |
| 5. | straighten - straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" unwind, disentangle - separate the tangles of | |
| 6. | straighten - make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, shed light on, sort out, crystallize, elucidate, illuminate, enlighten, straighten out, clear up, clear - make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" |