STRAIGHTEN

tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

(verb) put (things or places) in order; “Tidy up your room!”

straighten

(verb) make straight or straighter; “Straighten this post”; “straighten hair”

straighten, straighten out

(verb) make straight

straighten

(verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position; “The students straightened when the teacher entered”

straighten, unbend

(verb) straighten up or out; make straight

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Verb

straighten (third-person singular simple present straightens, present participle straightening, simple past and past participle straightened)

(transitive) To cause to become straight.

(intransitive) To become straight.

(transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.

(transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).

(transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt.

(intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.

Anagrams

• astringeth, shattering

Source: Wiktionary

---

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.

Straight"en, v. t.

Definition: A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins