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straightening

verb

Meaning

  1. To cause to become straight.
  2. To become straight.
  3. To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
  4. To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
  5. To bribe or corrupt.
  6. To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
  7. The act of making something straight.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

straighten out(English)square away(English)neaten(English)tidy up(English)clean up(English)rise(English)roll out(English)unbend(English)flexure(English)sigmoid(English)keratin(English)comb(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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