straighten

Definition of straighten in English English dictionary: To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience); To cause to become straight; To bribe or corrupt; To stand up, especially from a sitting position; To become straight; To put in order; to sort; to tidy up; make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"; If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines; If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended The road straightened and we were on a plateau. Straighten out means the same as straighten. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church The road twisted its way up the mountain then straightened out for the last two hundred yards; get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"; put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"; {f} make straight; put in order, make right; become straight; make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" straighten up or out; make straight; A variant of Straiten; straighten up or out; make straight; To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form; make straight; To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account; If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright. The three men straightened and stood waiting. Straighten up means the same as straighten. He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets
straighten out: To eliminate confusion from or concerning
As soon as I straighten out which of the twins is which, I'll start calling them by their names.
straighten out: To correct; to stop doing something wrong
It is not enough to stand aside and hope problems straighten out on their own.
straighten out: To correct or rectify
I hope they can straighten out the problem with my bill soon.
straighten out: To make straight
Then bring them to me, she said. And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?.
straighten up: To become straight, or straighter
bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch.
straighten up: to tidy; tidy up
The lockers were all standing wide open with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work the next day.
straighten up: To clarify
straighten up: to steer straight
He said As I came out of the bend I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning..
straighten up: to sit up straight, to stop hunching
Horse skin smells good. Lay your cheek against his neck and have a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit loosely.
straighten up: to deal with; put in order
The Postal Service sent a special task force to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach.
straighten up: to start living a reformed life
straighten out: make straight
straighten out: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
straighten out: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
straighten out: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
straighten out: see straighten 3
straighten out: If you straighten out a confused situation, you succeed in getting it organized and tidied up. He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things My sister had come in with her calm common sense and straightened them out. = sort out
straighten out: settle or put right; "we need to iron out our disagreements"
straighten out: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
straighten up: straighten oneself; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
straighten up: see straighten 2
straighten up: stand up straight, correct one's posture
straightener: A pair of metal tongs with heated, ceramic plates used for straightening hair
straightener: Anyone or anything which straightens
To straighten: extend
To straighten: straight
To straighten: true
straightened: past of straighten
straightener: One who, or that which, straightens
straightener: a device for straightening; "a hair straightener"
straightener: {i} person or thing that straightens
straightener: Someone who or something which straightens
straightener: a device for straightening; "a hair straightener
straightening: present participle of straighten
straightens: third-person singular of straighten