āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
straighten
/stÉšËeâÉĒtÉn/
to straighten
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something no longer bent or curved
Transitive: to straighten sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He used a ruler to straighten the crooked line he had drawn.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ
to extend or move something in one direction without any bends or curves
Transitive: to straighten sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The farmer straightened the fence posts, aligning them in a perfect row along the field boundary.
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĨ¤
2.1
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
to be extended or move in a single direction without curving or bending
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the heat expanded the metal, the warped fence rail began to straighten under the pressure.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒ āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to change the position of one's own body in a way that it is not bent
Transitive: to straighten one's body
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As she prepared for the race, the runner took a moment to straighten her posture and focus her breathing.
āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸-āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to tidy up or organize things or places
Transitive: to straighten a place or objects
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Before the meeting, he straightened his office, clearing clutter from his desk and arranging papers in folders.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĄā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
straightener
straighten
