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
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