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

  1. straighten, unbendverb

    straighten up or out; make straight

  2. straighten, straighten outverb

    make straight

  3. straightenverb

    get up from a sitting or slouching position

    "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

  4. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square awayverb

    put (things or places) in order

    "Tidy up your room!"

  5. roll out, straightenverb

    straighten by unrolling

    "roll out the big map"

  6. straightenverb

    make straight or straighter

    "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

Wiktionary

  1. straightenverb

    To cause to become straight.

  2. straightenverb

    To become straight.

  3. straightenverb

    To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.

  4. straightenverb

    To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).

  5. straightenverb

    To bribe or corrupt.

  6. straightenverb

    To stand up, especially from a sitting position.

  7. Etymology: From straight + -en

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Straightenverb

    to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form

  2. Straightenverb

    to make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account

  3. Straightenverb

    a variant of Straiten

British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'straighten' in Verbs Frequency: #1086

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of straighten in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of straighten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of straighten in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    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.

  2. Cliven Bundy:

    The Lord told me ... if (the sheriff doesn't) take away these arms (from federal agents), we the people will have to face these arms in a civil war. He said, 'This is your chance to straighten this thing up,'.

  3. Colin Cieszynski:

    With the slide in energy, investors have become bearish towards Canada. Eventually that will straighten itself out, but it could take a while.

  4. Ross Perot:

    If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.

  5. President Trump:

    All I can say is, our Justice Department and our FBI, at the top of each because inside they have incredible people, but our Justice Department and our FBI have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now because people are angry, what’s happening is a disgrace. And at some point, I wanted to stay out, but at some point if it doesn’t straighten out properly, I want them to do their job, I will get involved and I’ll get in there if I have to.

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Translations for straighten

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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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