straighten
straighten is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abatement
- abide
- adjust
- adjustment
- agree
- and
- arbitration
- arrange
- best
- bridge
- come
- commutation
- commute
- compensation
- composition
- compound
- compromise
- concession
- contract
- deed
- difference
- for
- give
- halfway
- make
- mean
- meet
- mezzo
- middle
- mutual
- necessity
- one
- out
- over
- patch
- split
- submit
- take
- term
- termine
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is straighten.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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