| VERB | motion | straighten, unbend | straighten up or out |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | straighten, straighten out | make straight | |
| motion | straighten | get up from a sitting or slouching position | |
| change | straighten, tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten out, square away | put (things or places) in order | |
| contact | straighten, roll out | straighten by unrolling | |
| change | straighten | make straight or straighter |
| Sounds | strey'tahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | straighten up or out; make straight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | unbend | |
| Broader | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Opposite | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | desencorvar, enderezar, erguirse | |
| Catalan | adreçar, dreçar, posar dret, redreçar-se | |
| Meaning | make straight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | straighten out | |
| Narrower | channelize, channelise | Cause to form a channel |
| comb | straighten with a comb | |
| extend | open or straighten out | |
| unbend | Free from flexure | |
| untwine | undo what has been twined together | |
| untwist | Cause to become untwisted | |
| unweave | undo strands that have been woven together | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | enderezar, erguir, levantar | |
| Catalan | adreçar, aixecar, alçar, dreçar, redreçar | |
| Nouns | straightener | a device for straightening |
| Meaning | get up from a sitting or slouching position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The students straightened when the teacher entered" | |
| Narrower | draw up, pull up, straighten up | straighten oneself |
| rear, rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | |
| Broader | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Spanish | alzarse, erguirse, levantarse | |
| Catalan | adreçar-se, aixecar, alçar-se | |
| Meaning | put (things or places) in order. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten out, square away | |
| Narrower | houseclean, clean house, clean | clean and tidy up the house |
| make, make up | put in order or neaten | |
| Broader | order | Bring order to or into |
| Spanish | arreglar, asear, limpiar | |
| Catalan | agençar, arranjar, arreglar, endreçar, netejar | |
| Meaning | straighten by unrolling. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | roll out | |
| Broader | unwind, disentangle | separate the tangles of |
| Spanish | desenrollar, enderezar, estirar | |
| Meaning | make straight or straighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They straighten their hair | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| See also | straighten out | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
| straighten out | extricate from entanglement | |
| Spanish | enderezar | |
| Catalan | adreçar-se, adreçar, aixecar-se, aixecar, alçar-se, alçar, dreçar-se, dreçar, redreçar-se, redreçar | |
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