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order
To put or keep in order; organize; arrange
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  1. To put or keep in order; organize; arrange
  2. To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.
  3. To request to be supplied with:
compose
To settle or adjust; reconcile:
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  1. To settle or adjust; reconcile:
  2. (Printing) To arrange or set (type or matter to be printed).
  3. To put together; put in proper order or form
rectify
To put or set right; correct; amend
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  1. To put or set right; correct; amend
  2. To adjust, as in movement or balance; adjust by calculation
  3. To set right; correct:
untwist
To become untwisted.
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  1. To become untwisted.
  2. To loosen or separate (something twisted) by turning in the opposite direction; unwind.
  3. To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
unsnarl
To remove or undo a snarl
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  1. To remove or undo a snarl
  2. To free of snarls; disentangle.
unbend
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
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  1. To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
  2. To become free from constraint, stiffness, or severity; relax and be less formal, more natural, etc.
  3. To remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
uncoil
To unwind or release from being coiled
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  1. To unwind or release from being coiled
  2. To unwind or untwist (something).
  3. To unwind or untwist or to become unwound or untwisted.
unravel
To clarify the elements of (something mysterious or baffling); solve:
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  1. To clarify the elements of (something mysterious or baffling); solve:
  2. To cause to fail or become ruined or unfulfilled:
  3. To fall apart, disintegrate, collapse, etc.
uncurl
To become unwound from a curl:
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  1. To become unwound from a curl:
  2. To unwind from or as if from a curl, coil, spiral, or curled position:
  3. To change from a curled condition; straighten
unfold
To develop or occur as a series of events or stages:
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  1. To develop or occur as a series of events or stages:
  2. (Intransitive) To turn out to happen; to develop.
  3. To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
level
So as to be level; so as to be flat, even, in line, etc.
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  1. So as to be level; so as to be flat, even, in line, etc.
  2. To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
  3. (Informal) To be frank and open:
arrange
(Music) To adapt (a composition) to other instruments or voices than those for which it was written, or to the style of a certain band or orchestra
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  1. (Music) To adapt (a composition) to other instruments or voices than those for which it was written, or to the style of a certain band or orchestra
  2. To come to an agreement:
  3. To put in the correct, proper, or suitable order
align
To ally (oneself, for example) with one side of an argument or cause:
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  1. To ally (oneself, for example) with one side of an argument or cause:
  2. To move or be adjusted into proper relationship or orientation.
  3. To adjust (parts of a mechanism, for example) to produce a proper relationship or orientation:
realign
To cause to form new arrangements or to have a new orientation; reorganize:
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  1. To cause to form new arrangements or to have a new orientation; reorganize:
  2. To align again; specif., to readjust alliances or working arrangements between or within (countries, political parties, etc.)
  3. To put back into proper order or alignment:
even
Still; yet
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  1. Still; yet
  2. To a greater degree or extent. Used as an intensive with comparative adjectives and adverbs:
  3. (Obs.) In an even manner
flat
Directly; completely:
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  1. Directly; completely:
  2. (Music) Below the true or proper pitch
  3. (Business) Without interest charge.
flatten
To level to the ground
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  1. To level to the ground
  2. To knock down; lay low:
  3. To become flat or flatter.
level
To make even in tone, color, pitch, etc.
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  1. To make even in tone, color, pitch, etc.
  2. To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
  3. So as to be level; so as to be flat, even, in line, etc.
plane
To remove with or as with a plane
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  1. To remove with or as with a plane
  2. (Nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
  3. To do the work of a plane
smooth
To become smooth.
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  1. To become smooth.
  2. To cause to appear less harsh or severe than is the case:
  3. To make (something) even, level, or unwrinkled:
clear
(Informal) All the way; completely:
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  1. (Informal) All the way; completely:
  2. To become clear:
  3. In a clear manner; so as to be clear
neaten
To make neat; cause to be clean, tidy, orderly, or trim
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  1. To make neat; cause to be clean, tidy, orderly, or trim
  2. To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
police
To observe and issue warnings or correctives regarding:
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  1. To observe and issue warnings or correctives regarding:
  2. To make (a military area, for example) neat in appearance:
  3. To control, protect, or keep orderly with or as police or a similar force
spruce
To make oneself spruce
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  1. To make oneself spruce
  2. To make neat and trim:
  3. To make oneself neat and smart in appearance:
tidy
To make things clean or orderly:
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  1. To make things clean or orderly:
  2. To clean or put in order:
Find another word for straighten. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for straighten, like: order, compose, make straight, rectify, untwist, unsnarl, unbend, uncoil, unravel, uncurl and unfold.

Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • "Did you what?" he asked, running fingers through his hair to straighten it.

  • 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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