straighten
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
straighten up or out; make straight
Types & categories
- change posture hypernym
Related & opposite
- bend antonym
Sense 2 verb
make straight
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- straightener derivation
Sense 3 verb
get up from a sitting or slouching position
The students straightened when the teacher entered
Types & categories
- change posture hypernym
- rear hyponym
- straighten up hyponym
Sense 4 verb
put (things or places) in order
Tidy up your room!
Types & categories
- order hypernym
- make up hyponym
- houseclean hyponym
Sense 5 verb
straighten by unrolling
roll out the big map
Types & categories
- unwind hypernym
Sense 6 verb
make straight or straighter
Straighten this post
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- crystallise also see
- unsnarl also see
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | bend |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change posture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straightener |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | untwist |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unbend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | channelize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | untwine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unweave |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | comb |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change posture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | straighten up |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | order |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | make up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | houseclean |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | unwind |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | crystallise |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | unsnarl |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |