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1. (v.i.) straighten
to make or become straight or orderly (often fol. by up or out).
2. straighten
straighten out,
3. straighten
to free or become free of confusion or difficulties.
4. straighten
to improve in conduct or character.
Etymology: (1535–45)
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| Definition of 'straighten' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) straighten, unbend
straighten up or out; make straight
2. (verb) straighten, straighten out
make straight
3. (verb) straighten
get up from a sitting or slouching position
"The students straightened when the teacher entered"
4. (verb) tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
put (things or places) in order
"Tidy up your room!"
5. (verb) roll out, straighten
straighten by unrolling
"roll out the big map"
6. (verb) straighten
make straight or straighter
"Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
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1. (verb) straighten
to become or make straight
He straightened his hat in the mirror.; Her curls had straightened in the rain.
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| Definition of 'straighten' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) straighten
to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form
2. (verb) straighten
to make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account
3. (verb) straighten
a variant of Straiten
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Sense: to make or become straight
He straightened his tie; The road curved and then straightened.
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 Afrikaans: reguit word |
 Arabic: يَجْعَلُه مُسْتَقيما |
 Bulgarian: изправям |
 Brazilian: endireitar |
 Czech: narovnat (se) |
 German: gerade machen/werden |
 Danish: rette på; rette sig ud |
 Greek: ισιώνω |
 Spanish: enderezar, poner derecho, |
 Estonian: (sirgeks) kohendama,õgven |
 Farsi: درست كردن |
 Finnish: suoristaa |
 French: (re)mettre d'aplomb; deve |
 Hebrew: לְייַשֵר |
 Hindi: सीधा करना या होना |
 Croatian: izravnati, ispraviti |
 Hungarian: kiegyenesít |
 Indonesian: meluruskan |
 Icelandic: rétta (af/úr) |
 Italian: raddrizzare, raddrizzare |
 Japanese: まっすぐにする |
 Korean: 곧게, 바르게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: išlyginti, ištiesinti, ei |
 Latvian: iztaisnot; iztaisnoties |
 Malay: meluruskan |
 Dutch: recht worden, recht maken |
 Norwegian: rette ut, glatte |
 Polish: prostować się |
 Persian: درست كردن |
 Pashto: سمول، سیده کول |
 Portuguese: endireitar |
 Romanian: a aranja; aîndrepta |
 Russian: расправлять; выпрямлять(с |
 Slovak: narovnať (sa) |
 Slovenian: poravnati, izravnati |
 Serbian: ispraviti se |
 Swedish: rätta till, räta ut |
 Thai: ทำให้ตรง |
 Turkish: düzel(t)mek |
 Taiwanese: 把...弄直，變直 |
 Ukrainian: випрямляти(ся); приводити |
 Urdu: سیدھا کرنا یا ہونا |
 Vietnamese: làm cho thẳng |
 Chinese: 把...弄直，变直 |
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