Straighten
['streɪt(ə)n] or ['stretn]
Definition
(verb.) make straight or straighter; 'Straighten this post'; 'straighten hair'.
(verb.) make straight.
(verb.) get up from a sitting or slouching position; 'The students straightened when the teacher entered'.
(verb.) straighten up or out; make straight.
Typist: Tabitha--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
(v. t.) To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
(v. t.) A variant of Straiten.
Typed by Konrad
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Make straight.
Inputed by Ethel
Examples
- Well, I won't, but I hate to see things going all crisscross and getting snarled up, when a pull here and a snip there would straighten it out. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Another lamp, she cried to the retreating servant, while Janey bent over to straighten her mother's cap. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To these he next added a revolving reel, that would lift any grain that had fallen and straighten it, and a platform to catch the grain as it was cut and fell. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then she knelt down again to straighten it and roll it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's grand fun and will straighten you up capitally. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Straighten out the legs, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to straighten it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I thought I'd jis look over sis's things, and get 'em straightened up. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He straightened himself then, and I saw that what he held in his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He straightened up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Count Greffi straightened up when I came toward the table and walked toward me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I straightened it out afterwards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Care at this stage reduces the necessity for straightening later. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When that person discloses, said Mr. Jaggers, straightening himself, you and that person will settle your own affairs. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- To Canada, said he, straightening himself up; and when I'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I suppose there's no need to, in heaven, she said, straightening her loosened braids with a laugh, and bending over the tea-kettle. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Such distinguished people to know, remarked Sarah, straightening herself in the chair; and on such gratifying terms of equality too! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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