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View usage for: (streɪtən) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense straightens, present participle straightening, past tense, past participle straightened1. verbIf 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. [VERB noun] ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines. [VERB noun] 2. verbIf 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. [VERB] Straighten up means the same as straighten. He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. verbIf you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended. [VERB noun] The road straightened and we were on a plateau. [VERB] Straighten out means the same as straighten. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The road twisted its way up the mountain then straightened out for the last two hundredyards. [VERB PARTICLE] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] Phrasal verbs: See straighten out See straighten up More Synonyms of straighten straighten in British English (ˈstreɪtən) verb (sometimes foll by up or out)1. to make or become straight 2. (transitive) to make neat or tidy straighten your desk Derived forms straightener (ˈstraightener) noun straighten in American English (ˈstreɪtən) verb transitive, verb intransitive to make or become straight Idioms: straighten out straighten up Derived forms straightener (ˈstraightener) noun Examples of 'straighten' in a sentencestraighten In other languagesstraighten British English: straighten VERB 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. - American English: straighten
- Brazilian Portuguese: arrumar
- Chinese: 整理
- European Spanish: poner derecho
- French: ajuster
- German: begradigen
- Italian: raddrizzare
- Japanese: 片付ける
- Korean: 정돈하다
- European Portuguese: arrumar
- Latin American Spanish: poner derecho
Chinese translation of 'straighten' vt - [picture, hair] (also straighten out)
弄直 (nòngzhí)
vi - [road etc] (also straighten out)
变(變)直 (biànzhí)
Definition to make (something) neat or tidy She looked in the mirror and straightened her hair. Synonyms tidy (up) spruce up smarten up put in order set or put to rights Phrasal verbsSee straighten something outSee straighten up Additional synonymsDefinition to put into a proper or systematic order He started to arrange the books in piles. Synonyms put in order, group, form, order, sort, class, position, range, file, rank, line up, organize, set out, sequence, exhibit, sort out (informal), array, classify, tidy, marshal, align, categorize, systematize, dispose, jack up (New Zealand, informal) Definition to arrange (things) methodically or in their proper places Entries in the book are ordered alphabetically. Synonyms arrange, group, sort, class, position, range, file, rank, line up, organize, set out, sequence, catalogue, sort out, classify, array, dispose, tidy, marshal, lay out, tabulate, systematize, neaten, put in order, set in order, put to rights |