What does straighten mean?
Definitions for straighten
ˈstreɪt nstraight·en
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word straighten.
Princeton's WordNet
straighten, unbendverb
straighten up or out; make straight
straighten, straighten outverb
make straight
straightenverb
get up from a sitting or slouching position
"The students straightened when the teacher entered"
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square awayverb
put (things or places) in order
"Tidy up your room!"
roll out, straightenverb
straighten by unrolling
"roll out the big map"
straightenverb
make straight or straighter
"Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
Wiktionary
straightenverb
To cause to become straight.
straightenverb
To become straight.
straightenverb
To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
straightenverb
To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
straightenverb
To bribe or corrupt.
straightenverb
To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
Etymology: From straight + -en
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Straightenverb
To make not crooked; to make straight.
Etymology: from straight.
A crooked stick is not straightened except it be as far bent on the clean contrary side. Richard Hooker.
Of our selves being so apt to err, the only way which we have to straighten our paths is, by following the rule of his will, whose footsteps naturally are right. Richard Hooker.
ChatGPT
straighten
Straighten generally means to make or become straight or orderly in form, shape, or position. It can reflect the act of removing or correcting bends, curves, deviations, or irregularities in a physical object or in an abstract idea. It can also refer to improving behavior or circumstances.
Webster Dictionary
Straightenverb
to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form
Straightenverb
to make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account
Straightenverb
a variant of Straiten
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Rank popularity for the word 'straighten' in Verbs Frequency: #1086
Anagrams for straighten »
shattering
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of straighten in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of straighten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of straighten in a Sentence
I think we should be very concerned and I think we should be concerned about the Chinese law that makes this permissible, i think it should become a major element of State Department policy to try to straighten this out before we proceed and have real problems because Huawei has been very assertive.
Years ago, I came back to the farm for a few weeks to help my parents straighten things out.
They were in search of the American dream, and here, with the farm, they found it, years ago, I came back to the farm for a few weeks to help my parents straighten things out.
He made such a fool out of himself. What people dont report is the letter he had to do to straighten out his testimony because his testimony was wrong, but Nancy Pelosi... doesnt talk about it.
I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way, Caesars just went bankrupt. Every company — Chris [Christie] can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, i left Atlantic City before it totally cratered, and I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.... By the way, this country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess.
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- adreçar, redreçarCatalan, Valencian
- ισιώνωGreek
- desencorvar, enderezar, destorcer, estirarSpanish
- oikaista, suoristaa, suoristua, oietaFinnish
- redresserFrench
- drizzareItalian
- rechtmaken, rechttrekken, [[recht]] [[worden]], rechten, opspringen, [[overeind]] [[springen]], zich rechtenDutch
- endireitarPortuguese
- îndreptaRomanian
- выпрямля́ть, вы́прямить, вы́прямиться, выпрямля́тьсяRussian
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