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- [streyt-n]
- /ˈstreɪt n/
- /ˈstreɪ.tən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [streyt-n]
- /ˈstreɪt n/
Definitions of straighten word
- transitive verb straighten make straight 1
- intransitive verb straighten become straight 1
- verb straighten If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. 0
- verb straighten If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright. 0
- verb straighten Straighten up means the same as straighten. 0
- verb straighten If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. 0
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Origin of straighten
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45; straight + -en1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Straighten
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
straighten popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for straighten
verb straighten
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- align — If you align yourself with a particular group, you support them because you have the same political aim.
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- carded — a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
- carding — the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning
Antonyms for straighten
verb straighten
- aberrated — simple past tense and past participle of aberrate.
- arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
noun straighten
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