straighten

[ˈstretn]

Definition:
1. Straighten up or out; make straight.
2. Make straight.
3. Get up from a sitting or slouching position.
4. Put (things or places) in order.
5. Straighten by unrolling.

Use 'straighten' in a sentence:

1. He hasn't straightened out his ideas yet.
2. This is my job, to straighten up, to file things.
3. Straighten the right leg vertically.
4. I was able to straighten up with the huge pumpkin resting on my shoulders.
5. Optimal Control on Servo System of Precise Straightening Machine Based on State Space.
6. The curtains will straighten after a few days.
7. Straighten out these distortions and the picture is grim.
8. State determined to straighten out the real estate market.
9. A few sessions talking to a counsellor should straighten him out.
10. Try not to lean against anything and straighten out your spine (back).
11. He straightened his ideas out as soon as the matter was explained to him.
12. They thought that a low hum might straighten out those bent cochlear hairs.
13. The three men straightened and stood waiting.
14. I straightened my tie and walked in.
15. That toe never did straighten out and Father talked of it often.
16. Gently straighten the leg and, keeping it straight, draw it in towards your head.
17. As a result, the hunchback was straightened, but, alas6, he was "dead and gone" also.
18. Did he straighten up?
19. Whatever it was that had interrupted his life, he was trying to straighten it out.
20. Arrange pillows, straighten blankets, stack magazines, arrange coasters etc. you get the picture.
21. To straighten up, imagine that your head is touching the sky.
22. Embedded System and Its Application in Axle Straightening and Detecting System.
23. They are almost invisible, extremely comfortable, and will gradually straighten your teeth into the perfect smile.
24. The boy with his back to the camera began to straighten up; he was turning.
25. He hasn't come round yet. Could you try and straighten him out?
26. Governor, I'll find those eight people and straighten them out by November, she promised.
27. My sister had come in with her calm common sense and straightened them out.
28. The doctor straightened out her trouble.
29. A burst of laughter made him straighten himself and look round.
30. Trying to straighten this out would be tedious and error prone.
31. In spite of the recession, the markets are telling them to either straighten out their problems or go bankrupt.
32. From ingrained habit he paused to straighten up the bed.
33. Best straighten up for a longer legacy.
34. The road straightened and we were on a plateau.
35. Application of PLC in Straightening and Cutting Control System of Steel Bar.
36. He always stayed after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor.
37. Straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what I said.
38. When the hunchback's son learned of this, of course he had it out with the doctor. But the doctor said: "My job is to straighten his back. It's none of my business whether he is dead or alive."
39. Straighten up the room.
40. If you try to "straighten out" your spouse, you are not being honest; you are making a disrespectful judgment.
41. Theoretical and experimental research on straightening technology based on rolling optimization.
42. While I was writing that last paragraph, the nurse straightened my toupee.
43. In the process, you straighten up a chair, pick up some dirty dishes and improvise a salsa move.
44. Walking up last to the boy, he felt of his arms, straightened his hands, and looked at his fingers, and made him jump, to show his agility.
45. As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes.
46. At this moment, the Confucian moralist at once straightened up, heaved a sigh of relief and began to walk unbridledly with long strides.
47. Use a nail file to further straighten and even out the edges.
48. "Another lamp," she cried to the retreating servant, while Janey bent over to straighten her mother's cap.
49. After repeated exhortation by his comrades, he finally straightened out his thinking.
50. I straightened myself up to answer the question.
51. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall.
52. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended.
53. He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
54. He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things.
55. I need time to straighten out my finances.
56. The road bends here then straightens out.
57. Straighten up slowly, then repeat the exercise ten times.