straighten

(verb)

verb

1. straighten up or out; make straight

Similar word(s): unbend

Definition categories: motion

2. make straight

Definition categories: contact, alter, change, modify

3. get up from a sitting or slouching position

- The students straightened when the teacher entered

Definition categories: motion

4. put (things or places) in order

Similar word(s): neaten, tidy

Definition categories: change, order

5. straighten by unrolling

Definition categories: contact, disentangle, unwind

6. make straight or straighter

- Straighten this post

- straighten hair

Definition categories: change, arrange

Sentences with straighten as a verb:

- to straighten one's affairs, or an account