Straighten Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Straighten
To cause to appear less harsh or severe than is the case:
make straight
To bring persons or things to an equal level; equalize.
make perpendicular
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.
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.)
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make vertical
To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
At the same time as; already; just:
(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
(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.
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(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.
put straight
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
untwist
To turn in the opposite direction so as to loosen or separate; untwine
make plumb
make upright
Antonyms for Straighten
To incline or tend (to or toward)
To form in this manner:
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
A line or surface that bends in a smooth, continuous way without sharp angles.
To expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
To be disposed of by sale:
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