Dictionary entry details
• STRAIGHTEN OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Settle or put right
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
iron out; put right; straighten out
Context example:
we need to iron out our disagreements
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Extricate from entanglement
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
unsnarl; disentangle; straighten out
Context example:
Can you disentangle the cord?
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
Meaning:
Change for the better
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
see the light; straighten out; reform
Context examples:
The lazy student promised to reform / the habitual cheater finally saw the light
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Make straight
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
straighten; straighten out
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"):
comb (straighten with a comb)
unweave (undo strands that have been woven together)
untwine (undo what has been twined together)
channelise; channelize (cause to form a channel)
extend (open or straighten out; unbend)
unbend (free from flexure)
untwist (cause to become untwisted)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
shed light on; crystallise; crystalize; crystalise; sort out; illuminate; elucidate; crystallize; enlighten; clear up; straighten out; clear
Context examples:
Could you clarify these remarks? / Clear up the question of who is at fault
Hypernyms (to "straighten out" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put (things or places) in order
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
tidy up; tidy; square away; neaten; clean up; straighten; straighten out
Context example:
Tidy up your room!
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
