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STRAIGHTEN OUT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change for the betterplay

Example:

the habitual cheater finally saw the light

Synonyms:

reform; see the light; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Verb group:

reclaim; rectify; reform; regenerate (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Settle or put rightplay

Example:

we need to iron out our disagreements

Synonyms:

iron out; put right; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put (things or places) in orderplay

Example:

Tidy up your room!

Synonyms:

clean up; neaten; square away; straighten; straighten out; tidy; tidy up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

order (bring order to or into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):

make; make up (put in order or neaten)

clean; clean house; houseclean (clean and tidy up the house)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clearplay

Example:

Clear up the question of who is at fault

Synonyms:

clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make straightplay

Synonyms:

straighten; straighten out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):

untwist (cause to become untwisted)

unbend (free from flexure)

extend (open or straighten out; unbend)

channelise; channelize (cause to form a channel)

untwine (undo what has been twined together)

unweave (undo strands that have been woven together)

comb (straighten with a comb)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Extricate from entanglementplay

Example:

Can you disentangle the cord?

Synonyms:

disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):

order (bring order to or into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "straighten out"):

loosen; tease; tease apart (disentangle and raise the fibers of)

ravel; ravel out; unravel (disentangle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They straighten out their hair

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