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[ verb ] straighten up or out; make straight
Synonyms Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Now raise the weight by straightening your front leg , without moving your feet . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Straighten the arms slowly , this arches the back . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She stood_up , smoothing her hair down , straightening her clothes , feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside , and , above everything else , for the absence of the need to answer , to respond , to be aware even of Stowey coming_in or going_out , and yet , now that she was beginning to cook , she glimpsed a future without him , a future alone like this , and the pain made her head writhe , and in_a_moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make straight
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Otherwise , straighten your halo , square your wings , and dig_in . Related terms change comb extend channelize untwist untwine unweave unbend straightener |
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[ verb ] get up from a sitting or lying position
Synonyms Examples "The audience rose when then conductor entered the orchestra pit" "Rise from your chair" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)After a time , he straightened again , brushing the red Permian dust from his hands , slapping it from his six dollar levis and his tailored , twenty-five dollar shirt . |
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[ verb ] put (things or places) in order
Synonyms Examples "Tidy up your room!" Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)In the dim underwater light they dressed and straightened up the room , and then they went across the hall to the kitchen . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make straight or straighter
Examples "Straighten this post" "straighten hair" Related terms |
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