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straight·en
/ˈstretṇ/
(vt.)弄直,使正確,整頓,清理,使改正(vi.)直起來,改正,好轉
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Straight·en
,
v. t.
A
variant
of
Straiten
. [
Obs
.
or
R
.]
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Straight·en
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Straighted
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Straighting
.]
1.
To
make
straight
;
to
reduce
from
a
crooked
to
a
straight
form
.
2.
To
make
right
or
correct
;
to
reduce
to
order
;
as
,
to
straighten
one's
affairs
;
to
straighten
an
account
.
To straighten one's face
,
to
cease
laughing
or
smiling
,
etc
.,
and
compose
one's
features
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
straighten
v
1:
straighten
up
or
out
;
make
straight
[
syn
:
unbend
] [
ant
:
bend
]
2:
make
straight
[
syn
:
straighten out
]
3:
get
up
from
a
sitting
or
slouching
position
; "
The
students
straightened
when
the
teacher
entered
"
4:
put
(
things
or
places
)
in
order
; "
Tidy
up
your
room
!" [
syn
:
tidy
,
tidy up
,
clean up
,
neaten
,
straighten out
,
square away
]
5:
straighten
by
unrolling
; "
roll
out
the
big
map
" [
syn
:
roll
out
]
6:
make
straight
or
straighter
; "
Straighten
this
post
";
"
straighten
hair
"
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