verb
- Straighten up or out; make straight.
- synonyms: unbend
- Make straight.
- synonyms: straighten out
- Get up from a sitting or slouching position.
- usage: "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
- Put (things or places) in order.
- usage: "Tidy up your room"
- synonyms: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten out, square away
- Straighten by unrolling.
- usage: "roll out the big map"
- synonyms: roll out
- Make straight or straighter.
- usage: "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
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