straightening

Definition of straightening in English English dictionary: present participle of straighten
straighten: To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience)
straighten: To cause to become straight
straighten: To bribe or corrupt
straighten: To stand up, especially from a sitting position
straighten: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
straighten: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"
straighten: 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
straighten: To become straight
straighten: 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
straighten: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
straighten: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"
straighten: To put in order; to sort; to tidy up
straighten: {f} make straight; put in order, make right; become straight
straighten: 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
straighten: A variant of Straiten
straighten: straighten up or out; make straight
straighten: To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form
straighten: make straight
straighten: To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account
straighten: 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