straighten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: straighten	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for straighten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straighten v straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] Antonym(s): bend, flex make straight Synonym(s): straighten, straighten out get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" Synonym(s): tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" Synonym(s): roll out, straighten make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. {To straighten one's face}, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. A variant of {Straiten}. [Obs. or R.]