"straightening" meaning in All languages combined

See straightening on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: straightenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straightening (plural straightenings)
  1. The act of making something straight.
    Sense id: en-straightening-en-noun-fN7n1283

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} straightening
  1. present participle and gerund of straighten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: straighten
    Sense id: en-straightening-en-verb-JsUohBu8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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