Straighten: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

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Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Early; soon.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.

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To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.

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To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

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One who, or that which, straightens.

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One who, or that which, straightens.

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To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

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The wren; -- called also tiddy.

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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to ben…

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