strāt'n
make straight
To cause to appear less harsh or severe than is the case:
bent (related)
put straight
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
make perpendicular
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To make known or lay open to view, esp. in stages or little by little; reveal, disclose, display, or explain
arrange on a line
To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
To arrange aesthetically or artistically.
To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
To unwind or untwist or to become unwound or untwisted.
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To make clear of confusion or involvement; solve
To become unwound from a curl:
(Music) To prepare and adapt an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
To adhere to a prescribed course of action.
To align again; specif., to readjust alliances or working arrangements between or within (countries, political parties, etc.)
make vertical
bend (antonym)
To incline or tend (to or toward)
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twist (antonym)
To form in this manner:
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
confuse (antonym)
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
curve (antonym)
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
At the same time as; already; just:
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(Intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
To knock down or lay low.
Also used with up: clean
To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly.
To put into order; make neat.
To control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
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(Usually with up)) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
To make things clean or orderly:
To make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily clean. Usually used to describe the cleaning of a small room or small space.
(Nautical) To square the ships' yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.
Roll out is defined as to flatten or spread with a roller, or to leave, or to move on wheels.
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stiffen (related)
loosen (related)
slide-off (related)
gouge (related)
cut-away (related)
untwist
To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
make plumb
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make upright
complicate (antonym)
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
move (antonym)
To be disposed of by sale:
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