straighten Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb straighten up or out; make straight
    unbend.
  2. verb make straight
    straighten out.
  3. verb get up from a sitting or slouching position
    • The students straightened when the teacher entered
  4. verb put (things or places) in order
    straighten out; tidy up; tidy; clean up; square away; neaten.
    • Tidy up your room!
  5. verb straighten by unrolling
    roll out.
    • roll out the big map
  6. verb make straight or straighter
    • Straighten this post
    • straighten hair

WordNet

Straight"en transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Straighted ; present participle & verbal noun Straighting
Definitions
  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.
Straight"en transitive verb
Definitions
  1. A variant of Straiten. Obs. or R.

Webster 1913