"straighten" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹeɪtn̩/ Audio: en-us-straighten.ogg [US] Forms: straightens [present, singular, third-person], straightening [participle, present], straightened [participle, past], straightened [past]
Rhymes: -eɪtən Etymology: From straight + -en. Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|straight|en|id2=inchoative}} straight + -en, {{cog|sco|strauchten|t=to straighten}} Scots strauchten (“to straighten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} straighten (third-person singular simple present straightens, present participle straightening, simple past and past participle straightened)
  1. (transitive) To cause to become straight. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-ns2uAF4d
  2. (intransitive) To become straight. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become straight): اِسْتَقَامَ (istaqāma) (Arabic), изправям се (izpravjam se) (Bulgarian), zich rechten (Dutch), recht worden (Dutch), oieta (Finnish), suoristua (Finnish), kiegyenesedik (Hungarian), kiegyenlít (Hungarian), megigazít (Hungarian), helyrehoz (Hungarian), rendez (Hungarian), elrendez (Hungarian), egyenesbe hoz (Hungarian), ojeta (Ingrian), whakatika (Maori), whātika (Maori), выпрямля́ться (vyprjamljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́прямиться (výprjamitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-ftL77t3J Disambiguation of 'to become straight': 30 66 1 0 1 2
  3. (transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-S2s5kLGe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 61 5 4 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 3 57 6 5 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 11 5 43 9 7 25
  4. (transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-g9GVq-ZM
  5. (transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-xrJ~g7EP
  6. (intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position. Tags: intransitive Translations (to stand up): изправям се (izpravjam se) (Bulgarian), overeind springen (Dutch), opspringen (Dutch), feláll (Hungarian), kihúzza magát (Hungarian), whakatika (Maori), whātika (Maori)
    Sense id: en-straighten-en-verb-vf8b4gx~ Disambiguation of 'to stand up': 3 1 8 2 2 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enstraighten, restraighten, straightenable, straightener, straighten one's face, straighten out, straighten up, unstraighten Related terms: straiten Translations (to make straight): εὐθύνω (euthúnō) (Ancient Greek), ὀρθόω (orthóō) (Ancient Greek), ndreptu (Aromanian), ndriptedz (Aromanian), изправям (izpravjam) (Bulgarian), adreçar (Catalan), redreçar (Catalan), rechtmaken (Dutch), rechttrekken (Dutch), rechten (Dutch), oikaista (Finnish), suoristaa (Finnish), redresser (French), dreçâ (Friulian), endereitar (Galician), desempenar (Galician), kiegyenesít (Hungarian), kinyújt (Hungarian), rektigar (Ido), ojata (Ingrian), oikoa (Ingrian), drizzare (Italian), whakatika (Maori), whātika (Maori), endireitar (Portuguese), alisar (note: of hair) (Portuguese), îndrepta (Romanian), выпрямля́ть (vyprjamljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́прямить (výprjamitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), estirar (english: hair) (Spanish), desencorvar (Spanish), destorcer (Spanish), enderezar (Spanish), lelempeng (Sundanese), räta (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to make straight': 45 55 0 0 0 0

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          "word": "helyrehoz"
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          "sense": "to become straight",
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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) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience)."
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        "To bribe or corrupt."
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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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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 8 2 2 84",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "izpravjam se",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "изправям се"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "overeind springen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "opspringen"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 8 2 2 84",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "feláll"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 8 2 2 84",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "kihúzza magát"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 1 8 2 2 84",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "whakatika"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 8 2 2 84",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stand up",
          "word": "whātika"
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ndreptu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ndriptedz"
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
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      "roman": "izpravjam",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "изправям"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "adreçar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "redreçar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "rechtmaken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "rechttrekken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "rechten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "oikaista"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "suoristaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "redresser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "dreçâ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "endereitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "desempenar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euthúnō",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "εὐθύνω"
    },
    {
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "orthóō",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ὀρθόω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "kiegyenesít"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "kinyújt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "rektigar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ojata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "oikoa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "drizzare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "whakatika"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "whātika"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "endireitar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of hair",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "alisar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "îndrepta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyprjamljátʹ",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выпрямля́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výprjamitʹ",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́прямить"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "english": "hair",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "estirar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "desencorvar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "destorcer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "enderezar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "lelempeng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 55 0 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "räta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straighten"
}
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    "English ergative verbs",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪtən",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪtən/2 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "enstraighten"
    },
    {
      "word": "restraighten"
    },
    {
      "word": "straightenable"
    },
    {
      "word": "straightener"
    },
    {
      "word": "straighten one's face"
    },
    {
      "word": "straighten out"
    },
    {
      "word": "straighten up"
    },
    {
      "word": "unstraighten"
    }
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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        "t": "to straighten"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots strauchten (“to straighten”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From straight + -en. Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).",
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    {
      "form": "straightens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "straightening",
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        "present"
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      "form": "straightened",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "straightened",
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        "past"
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    "straight‧en"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "straiten"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause to become straight."
      ],
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        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To cause to become straight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To become straight."
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        "(intransitive) To become straight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "text": "to straighten one's affairs, or an account"
        },
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          "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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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To put in order; to sort; to tidy up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "order",
          "order#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tidy up",
          "tidy up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put in order; to sort; to tidy up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clarify",
          "clarify"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bribe or corrupt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "corrupt",
          "corrupt#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To bribe or corrupt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stand up, especially from a sitting position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stand up",
          "stand up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stand up, especially from a sitting position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɹeɪtn̩/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ndreptu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "ndriptedz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "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": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́прямить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "hair",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "estirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "desencorvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "destorcer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "enderezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "lelempeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make straight",
      "word": "räta"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "oieta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "suoristua"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "kiegyenesedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "ojeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "whakatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "word": "whātika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyprjamljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выпрямля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výprjamitʹsja",
      "sense": "to become straight",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́прямиться"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straighten"
}
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