Dictionary Entry
straighten
straighten is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
- 2transitive verb
To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
- 3transitive verb
A variant of Straiten.
- 4verb
put (things or places) in order
"Tidy up your room!"
- 5verb
make straight or straighter
"Straighten this post"
"straighten hair"
- 6verb
make straight
- 7verb
straighten by unrolling
"roll out the big map"
- 8verb
get up from a sitting or slouching position
"The students straightened when the teacher entered"
- 9verb
straighten up or out; make straight
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