| straighten | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. straighten, unbend | straighten up or out; make straight. |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| v. (contact) | 2. straighten, straighten out | make straight. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ untwist | cause to become untwisted. |
| ~ unbend | free from flexure.; "unbend a bow" |
| ~ extend | open or straighten out; unbend.; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" |
| ~ channelise, channelize | cause to form a channel.; "channelize a stream" |
| ~ untwine | undo what has been twined together.; "untwine the strings" |
| ~ unweave | undo strands that have been woven together. |
| ~ comb | straighten with a comb.; "comb your hair" |
| v. (motion) | 3. straighten | get up from a sitting or slouching position.; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" |
| ~ rear, rise up | stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds.; "The horse reared in terror" |
| ~ straighten up, draw up, pull up | straighten oneself.; "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| v. (change) | 4. clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up | put (things or places) in order.; "Tidy up your room!" |
| ~ make up, make | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ order | bring order to or into.; "Order these files" |
| ~ clean house, houseclean, clean | clean and tidy up the house.; "She housecleans every week" |
| v. (contact) | 5. roll out, straighten | straighten by unrolling.; "roll out the big map" |
| ~ unwind, disentangle | separate the tangles of. |
| v. (change) | 6. straighten | make straight or straighter.; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
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