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straighten |
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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