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Meanings of straighten in anglès

portuguès
arrumar
català
redreçar
espanyol
levantar

Put (things or places) in order.

redreçar
català
posar dret

Straighten up or out; make straight.

posar dret
Sinònims
Examples for "unbend"
Examples for "unbend"
1
She could relax and unbend again; she was safe from his cyclones.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
2
Even with the Welsh Preacher and his wife he refused to unbend.
The Life of George Borrow
3
In affable moments, he could even manage to forget his career-andunbend.
Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India
4
He could not unbend his dignity even under the most trivial conditions.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
5
Never did he unbend, never did he lift the mask he wore.
Muslin
espanyol
enderezar

Straighten by unrolling.

enderezar
Usage of straighten in anglès
1
But I want to straighten out Sarah Cartwright as soon as possible.
Report for Murder
2
Miranda with a few minutes of privacy: Find clothes, straighten the bedspread.
The whole world: a novel
3
Are thousands of them hunched at the wheel unable to straighten up?
The Irish Times
4
He had seen that Allday was unable to straighten his back properly.
Success to the Brave
5
I recover from the back-slapping and straighten up: It's going well, Harry.
The Fuller Memorandum
6
And it is not simply teenagers seeking to straighten their pearly whites.
The Irish Times
7
I have an idea that I shall straighten out this tangle yet.
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School
8
In summer, I straighten from working the veg garden to take notice.
The Guardian
9
Now it's gotten to the point where even she couldn't straighten out.
The new yorker
10
And those are the furrows I have been trying to straighten out.
Stories Worth Rereading
11
This time he rolled five feet before stopping to straighten himself out.
Misery
12
Now straighten your legs and let your rifle go to the ground.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
13
Fizban tried, without much success, to straighten his bent and shapeless hat.
Dragons of autumn twilight
14
And bit by bit the fiction let him straighten out his life.
In the night room: a novel
15
After a couple of years I had to straighten it out again.
Read-Aloud Plays
16
As usual, she helped Minnie clear away the dishes and straighten up.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
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Translations for straighten
Straighten through the time
Straighten across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common