The meaning of STRAIGHTEN is to make straight —usually used with out. How to use straighten in a sentence.

She stood up and straightened her clothes. Pepe was careful to straighten his room before leaving.

To make or become straight or straighter. 1. To resolve (a confusion or conflict). 2. To make less confused or troubled: tried to straighten out the problem student. straight′en·er n. American …

STRAIGHTEN definition: to make or become straight in direction, form, position, character, conduct, condition, etc. (often followed by up orout ). See examples of straighten used in a …

Definition of straighten verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to (cause to) become free of confusion or difficulties: [~ + object + out] Let's see if we can straighten this problem out. [~ + out + object] The police tried to straighten out the mess.

Straighten definition: To make or become straight or straighter.

2 days ago · (intransitive) To become straight. (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up. quotations to straighten one's affairs, or an account

To make something straight is to straighten it. When you uncross your legs and stretch them out in front of you, you straighten them. And if you adjust a picture on the wall so it's perfectly …

If you straighten something, you make it neat or put it in its proper position. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. Straighten up means the same as straighten. This is my …