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straighten

v. make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"

straighten

v. get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

straighten, straighten out

v. make straight

roll out, straighten

v. straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

straighten, unbend

v. straighten up or out; make straight

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align, aline, line up, adjust

v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

straighten, unbend

v. straighten up or out; make straight

unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick

v. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

clarify

v. make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

clear, clear up

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

align, aline, line up, adjust

v. place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

straighten, straighten out

v. make straight

clear, crystallize, clear up, straighten out, illuminate, clarify, make clear, shed light on, enlighten, elucidate, make pellucid, sort out

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

surface, come up, rise up, rise

v. come to the surface

disarrange

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

sink, drop, drop down

v. fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

flex, bend, deform, twist, turn

v. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

arch, curve, arc

v. form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

crook, curve

v. bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"

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