straighten
English
/ˈstɹeɪtn̩/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cause to become straight.
- (intransitive) To become straight.
- (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
- (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
- (transitive) To bribe or corrupt.
- (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position.
Etymology
Suffix from English straight.
Origin
English
straight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistraight English
- backstraight English
- nonstraight English
- nonstraightenable English
- quasistraight English
- restraighten English
- straight English
- straightdar English
- straightenable English
- straightener English
- straightenest English
- straighteneth English
- straightface English
- straightfolk English
- straightforth English
- straightforward English
- straighthood English
- straighthorn English
- straightish English
- straightly English
- straightness English
- straightsplain English
- straightwash English
- straightway English
- straightwise English
- straighty English
- unstraight English
- unstraighten English
- unstraightenable English
- стрейт Russian
- стрит Russian
- ストレート Japanese
- strit Polish
- streight Middle English
- strejtaš Serbo-Croatian
- סטרייט Hebrew (modern)
- 스트레이트 Korean
- stret Papiamentu
- stret Tok Pisin
- straight
- straighty
- unstraight
- straightly
- straightdar
- straightish
- nonstraight
- straightway
- straightwash
- straighthood
- straightener
- unstraighten
- straightwise
- backstraight
- straighthorn
- straightfolk
- antistraight
- straightness
- restraighten
- straightface
- straightenest
- straighteneth
- straightforth
- quasistraight
- straightsplain
- straightenable
- straightforward
- unstraightenable
- nonstraightenable