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Straighten Common

Straighten has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

straighten up or out; make straight

2

make straight

3

get up from a sitting or slouching position

"The students straightened when the teacher entered"

4

put (things or places) in order

"Tidy up your room!"

5

straighten by unrolling

"roll out the big map"

6

make straight or straighter

"Straighten this post"

"straighten hair"

7

To cause to become straight.

Example Sentences
"The students straightened when the teacher entered" verb
"Tidy up your room!" verb
"roll out the big map" verb
"Straighten this post" verb
"straighten hair" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
flex
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change posture change order unwind arrange
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
untwist unbend extend channelize untwine unweave comb rear draw up make houseclean
Rhyming Words
ten sten aten osten paten goten atten hiten oaten ayten eaten outen esten eoten cuten often guten laten pecten molten
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