Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - straighten
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Straighten
straighten
~ v 1 also straighten out to become straight or make something straight (Straighten your tie. | The road twisted and turned and then straightened out.) 2 also straighten up to make your back straight, or to stand up straight after bending down 3 also straighten up to make something tidy (You can't go out till you straighten your room.) straighten sb/sth out phr v 1 to settle a difficult situation by dealing with the things that are causing problems or confusion (There are a few things that need straightening out between us.) 2 to deal with someone's bad behaviour or personal problems (We try to help these kids straighten themselves out and get back into school.) straighten up phr v AmE to begin to behave well after behaving badly (You'd better straighten up, young lady!)
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(straightens, straightening, straightened) 1. If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines. VERB: V n, V n 2. If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright. The three men straightened and stood waiting. VERB: V • Straighten up means the same as straighten. He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets. PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended... The road straightened and we were on a plateau. VERB: V n, V • Straighten out means the same as straighten. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church... The road twisted its way up the mountain then straightened out for the last two hundred yards. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1542 transitive verb to make straight — usually used with up or out intransitive verb to become straight — usually used with up or out • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v.tr. & intr. 1 (often foll. by out) make or become straight. 2 (foll. by up) stand erect after bending. Derivatives straightener n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) выправить 2) выправлять 3) выпрямить 4) выпрямлять 5) испрямлять 6) подкреплять 7) править 8) распрямлять 9) рихтовать ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. выпрямлять, расправлять (также straighten out) to straighten a piece of wire —- выпрямить кусок проволоки to straighten one's shoulders —- расправить плечи to straighten one's back —- выпрямиться to straighten the front lines —- воен. выпрямлять линию фронта to straighten (out) a plane —- выравнивать самолет 2. выпрямляться; разгибаться (также straighten up) the old man had some difficulty in straightening (himself) up —- старик разогнулся не без труда 3. (часто straighten out) разобраться (в чем-л.); выяснить; разъяснить to straighten out a tangle —- разобраться в путанице, распутать узел to straighten out a quarrel —- уладить ссору to straighten a misunderstanding —- выяснить недоразумение to straighten out one's affairs —- привести в порядок свои дела the disagreement between them will not be straightened out (will not straighten itself out) overnight —- их разногласия не скоро сгладятся 4. исправляться, улаживаться things will straighten out —- все наладится (образуется) I'd like to see world affairs straighten out —- мечтаю, чтобы международные отношения улучшились 5. выправлять, приводить в порядок (также straighten up) to straighten one's tie —- поправить галстук to straighten (up) a room —- привести комнату в порядок to straighten one's skirt —- одернуть юбку 6. разг. исправляться, начинать вести честный, добропорядочный образ жизни ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) выпрямлять(ся) (тж. straighten out); Why does she spend so much time and money trying to straighten out the waves in her hair? 2) выправлять, приводить в порядок (тж. straighten out); I hope the misunderstanding will soon be straightened out. 3) coll. исправиться (тж. straighten out); A warning from the judge should help to straighten him out. ...Англо-русский словарь
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