straighten

straighten
    v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: {straighten},
         {unbend}] [ant: {bend}, {flex}]
    2: make straight [syn: {straighten}, {straighten out}]
    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!" [syn:
       {tidy}, {tidy up}, {clean up}, {neaten}, {straighten},
       {straighten out}, {square away}]
    5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: {roll
       out}, {straighten}]
    6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
       "straighten hair"
    

Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Straighted}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Straighting}.]
   1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight
      form.
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   2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
      straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
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   {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling,
      etc., and compose one's features.
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Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t.
   A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.]
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "straighten":
      adjust, arrange, clean up, clear up, correct, disentangle, neaten,
      organize, put in order, rearrange, rectify, reform, rehabilitate,
      reorganize, resolve, settle, sort out, spruce up, straighten out,
      tidy up, uncurl, unkink, unravel, unsnarl, untangle