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Straighten synonyms and antonyms

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make straight
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smooth
To cause to appear less harsh or severe than is the case:
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bent (related)
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put straight
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rectify
To correct or amend something.
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level
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
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make perpendicular
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unfold
To make known or lay open to view, esp. in stages or little by little; reveal, disclose, display, or explain
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arrange on a line
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order
To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
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compose
To arrange aesthetically or artistically.
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unsnarl
To remove or undo a snarl
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unbend
To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
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uncoil
To unwind or untwist or to become unwound or untwisted.
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unravel
To make clear of confusion or involvement; solve
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uncurl
To become unwound from a curl:
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arrange
(Music) To prepare and adapt an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
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align
To adhere to a prescribed course of action.
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realign
To align again; specif., to readjust alliances or working arrangements between or within (countries, political parties, etc.)
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make vertical
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bend (antonym)
To incline or tend (to or toward)
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twist (antonym)
To form in this manner:
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curl (antonym)
(Weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
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aline
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
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true
To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.
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confuse (antonym)
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
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curve (antonym)
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
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even
At the same time as; already; just:
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flat
(Intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
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flatten
To knock down or lay low.
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plane
(Nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
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Also used with up: clean
To make or keep (an area) clean and orderly.
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clear
Not near something or touching it.
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neaten
To put into order; make neat.
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police
To control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
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spruce
(Usually with up)) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
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tidy
To make things clean or orderly:
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tidy-up
To make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily clean. Usually used to describe the cleaning of a small room or small space.
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clean up
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large profit; to win by a large margin, or to win a large amount, especially in gambling. Also clean house.
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straighten out
(Idiomatic) To correct or rectify.
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square-away
(Nautical) To square the ships' yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.
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roll out
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)
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loosen (related)
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slide-off (related)
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gouge (related)
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cut-away (related)
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untwist
To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
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make plumb
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make upright
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complicate (antonym)
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
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move (antonym)
To be disposed of by sale:
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  • I was trying to straighten that picture on the wall.

  • While you guys straighten the business end, I'll just leave this junk here.

  • The outermost layer of the cell-wall of the ripe spore splits along spiral lines, giving rise to the elaters; these two long strips of wall, attached by their middle points to the spore, tend to straighten out in dry, and close round the spore in damp air.

  • Simon sighed and stooped to straighten the leash a young borzoi had entangled; the count too sighed and, noticing the snuffbox in his hand, opened it and took a pinch.

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