Straighten

Quick meaning: Straighten is a verb meaning (transitive) To cause to become straight.

Meaning

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become straight.
2. (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
3. (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
4. (transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt.
5. (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
6. (transitive, informal) To make heterosexual.

Example Sentences

straighten one's account

to straighten one's affairs

Tuilagi and Ashton started in lively fashion, centre Tuilagi doing what he does best, straightening and bursting into the line, and Ashton always looking to leave his wing and get involved in the action.

It has been said that to survive in this Wasp society, Blacks must straighten their hair, Jews must straighten their noses, and Gays must straighten themselves. But we will no longer tolerate being straightened. It is the doctors and the straight society who must change.

Word Forms

• straightens
• straightening
• straightened

Synonyms for straighten

Depending on context, synonyms include rise, tidy, neaten, clean up, roll out, unbend.

Antonyms for straighten

Common opposites include drop, bend, flex, sink, drop down.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neaten, tidy up, clean up, rise, roll out, unbend.

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