straighten

[Straight·en]

Make straight or straighter

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

Verb
put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"

Verb
make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

Verb
make straight

Verb
straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

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get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

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Verb
straighten up or out; make straight


v. t.
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

v. t.
To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.

v. t.
A variant of Straiten.


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. 2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

Straighten

Straight"en, v. t. A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]

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

A variant of Straiten.

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Usage Examples

If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

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Other Usage Examples

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

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