Straighten /(?)/

Straight·en

Straighten

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Straighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting

  1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
  2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.

Phrases & Compounds
To straighten one's face
to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.

Straighten

v. t.
  1. A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]