English to English
straighten
('str/eI/t/-/n
)
verb (v)
- get up from a sitting or slouching position(verb.motion)Example:
The students straightened when the teacher entered.
source: wordnet30 - put (things or places) in order(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- make straight or straighter(verb.change)Example:
Straighten this post.
Straighten hair.
source: wordnet30 - To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.(verb)source: webster1913
- A variant of Straiten.(verb)source: webster1913