Definitions for STRAIGHTEN
ˈstreɪt nstraight·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. straighten, unbendverb

   straighten up or out; make straight

2. straighten, straighten outverb

   make straight

3. straightenverb

   get up from a sitting or slouching position

   "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

4. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square awayverb

   put (things or places) in order

   "Tidy up your room!"

5. roll out, straightenverb

   straighten by unrolling

   "roll out the big map"

6. straightenverb

   make straight or straighter

   "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. straightenverb

   To cause to become straight.

2. straightenverb

   To become straight.

3. straightenverb

   To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.

4. straightenverb

   To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).

5. straightenverb

   To bribe or corrupt.

6. straightenverb

   To stand up, especially from a sitting position.

7. Etymology: From straight + -en

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Straightenverb

   To make not crooked; to make straight.

   Etymology: from straight.

   A crooked stick is not straightened except it be as far bent on the clean contrary side. Richard Hooker.

   Of our selves being so apt to err, the only way which we have to straighten our paths is, by following the rule of his will, whose footsteps naturally are right. Richard Hooker.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. straighten

   Straighten generally means to make or become straight or orderly in form, shape, or position. It can reflect the act of removing or correcting bends, curves, deviations, or irregularities in a physical object or in an abstract idea. It can also refer to improving behavior or circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Straightenverb

   to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form

2. Straightenverb

   to make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account

3. Straightenverb

   a variant of Straiten

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Change Posture
   • Order
   • Unwind

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'STRAIGHTEN' in Verbs Frequency: #1086

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Anagrams for STRAIGHTEN »

1. shattering

How to pronounce STRAIGHTEN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say STRAIGHTEN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of STRAIGHTEN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of STRAIGHTEN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of STRAIGHTEN in a Sentence

1. De La Rue:

   With your right hand, hold one end of a resistance band overhead. With your left hand, reach behind you to grab the opposite end of the band, bend right elbow and straighten arm to reach up to the ceiling. Start with three sets of 10 reps, then switch to the other arm.

2. Donald Trump:

   I had the good sense to leave Atlantic City, which by the way, Caesars just went bankrupt. Every company — Chris [Christie] can tell you — every company virtually in Atlantic City went bankrupt, i left Atlantic City before it totally cratered, and I made a lot of money in Atlantic City, and I'm very proud of it.... By the way, this country right now owes $19 trillion. And they need somebody like me to straighten out that mess.

3. Colin Cieszynski:

   With the slide in energy, investors have become bearish towards Canada. Eventually that will straighten itself out, but it could take a while.

4. President Trump:

   All I can say is, our Justice Department and our FBI, at the top of each because inside they have incredible people, but our Justice Department and our FBI have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now because people are angry, what’s happening is a disgrace. And at some point, I wanted to stay out, but at some point if it doesn’t straighten out properly, I want them to do their job, I will get involved and I’ll get in there if I have to.

5. Susana Mallinson:

   This has been very hard for me to get adjusted, in being by myself with not enough money and not enough, you know, people around me to console me, i don't have any family. So it's very hard and especially to straighten out the papers that belong to me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=STRAIGHTEN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Straighten
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=STRAIGHTEN
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/STRAIGHTEN
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=STRAIGHTEN