3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.
A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
straighten
v 1: straighten up or out make straight [syn: {unbend}] [ant: {bend}]
2: make straight [syn: {straighten out}]
3: rise up [syn: {rise}] [ant: {sink}]
4: put (things or places) in order "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
{tidy}, {tidy up}, {clean up}, {neaten}, {straighten out},
{square away}]
5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: {roll
out}]
6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
"straighten hair"
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