See straighten on Wiktionary
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"(transitive) To cause to become straight."
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
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"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "megigazít"
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"word": "rendez"
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"text": "to straighten one's affairs, or an account"
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"ref": "2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Tuilagi and Ashton started in lively fashion, centre Tuilagi doing what he does best, straightening and bursting into the line, and Ashton always looking to leave his wing and get involved in the action.",
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"(transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up."
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"(transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt."
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"To stand up, especially from a sitting position."
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"(intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position."
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"roman": "izpravjam se",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "изправям се"
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"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "overeind springen"
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"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "opspringen"
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"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "feláll"
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"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "kihúzza magát"
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"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "whakatika"
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"ref": "1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3:",
"text": "It has been said that to survive in this Wasp society, Blacks must straighten their hair, Jews must straighten their noses, and Gays must straighten themselves. But we will no longer tolerate being straightened. It is the doctors and the straight society who must change.",
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"ref": "2006 December 31, Isabel Oakeshott, Chris Gourlay, “Science Told: Hands Off Gay Sheep”, in The Sunday Times:",
"text": "It raises the prospect that pregnant women could one day be offered a treatment to reduce or eliminate the chance that their offspring will be homosexual. Experts say that, in theory, the \"straightening\" procedure on humans could be as simple as a hormone supplement for mothers-to-be, worn on the skin like an anti-smoking nicotine patch.",
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"code": "rup",
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"word": "ndreptu"
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"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "adreçar"
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"sense": "to make straight",
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"word": "redresser"
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"word": "alisar"
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"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "lelempeng"
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"sense": "to make straight",
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"ref": "2006 December 31, Isabel Oakeshott, Chris Gourlay, “Science Told: Hands Off Gay Sheep”, in The Sunday Times:",
"text": "It raises the prospect that pregnant women could one day be offered a treatment to reduce or eliminate the chance that their offspring will be homosexual. Experts say that, in theory, the \"straightening\" procedure on humans could be as simple as a hormone supplement for mothers-to-be, worn on the skin like an anti-smoking nicotine patch.",
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"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "ndreptu"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "ndriptedz"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "изправям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "adreçar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "redreçar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "rechtmaken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "rechttrekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "rechten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "oikaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "suoristaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "redresser"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "dreçâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "endereitar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "desempenar"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euthúnō",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "εὐθύνω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "orthóō",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "ὀρθόω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "kiegyenesít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "kinyújt"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "rektigar"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "ojata"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "oikoa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "drizzare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "whakatika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "whātika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "endireitar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "of hair",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "alisar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "îndrepta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyprjamljátʹ",
"sense": "to make straight",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выпрямля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výprjamitʹ",
"sense": "to make straight",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вы́прямить"
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{
"code": "es",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "estirar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "desencorvar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "destorcer"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "enderezar"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make straight",
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{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "to make straight",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make straight",
"word": "räta"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaqāma",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "اِسْتَقَامَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam se",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "изправям се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "zich rechten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "recht worden"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "rektiĝi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "oieta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "suoristua"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "kiegyenesedik"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to become straight",
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "whakatika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "whātika"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vyprjamljátʹsja",
"sense": "to become straight",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výprjamitʹsja",
"sense": "to become straight",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "kiegyenlít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "megigazít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "helyrehoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "rendez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "elrendez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become straight",
"word": "egyenesbe hoz"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam se",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "изправям се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "overeind springen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "opspringen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "feláll"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "kihúzza magát"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "whakatika"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand up",
"word": "whātika"
}
],
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}
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