straightens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straighten
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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
6 April 2025
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.