Associations to the word «Straighten»

Wiktionary

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (transitive) To cause to become straight.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (intransitive) To become straight.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (transitive) (slang) To bribe or corrupt.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.

STRAIGHTEN ONE'S FACE, verb. To cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

STRAIGHTEN OUT, verb. (transitive) To make straight.

STRAIGHTEN OUT, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To correct or rectify.

STRAIGHTEN OUT, verb. (transitive) (idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.

STRAIGHTEN OUT, verb. (intransitive) (idiomatic) To correct; to stop doing something wrong.

STRAIGHTEN OUT, verb. (transitive) To tidy, neaten, or organize.

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (intransitive) To become straight, or straighter

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (ambitransitive) to steer straight

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (intransitive) to sit up straight, to stop hunching.

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (transitive) to deal with; put in order

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (transitive) to tidy; tidy up

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (transitive) To clarify

STRAIGHTEN UP, verb. (intransitive) to start living a reformed life

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Straighten up or out; make straight.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Make straight.

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered".

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!".

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map".

STRAIGHTEN, verb. Make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair".

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