D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Straighten

/strāt'-ən/ · Straight·en · IPA /ˈstɹeɪtn̩/
01 v. t. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
imp. & p. p. Straighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting
  1. 1.
    To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
  2. 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.
02 v. t. A variant of Straiten.
  1. 1.
    A variant of Straiten.[Obs. or R.] See: Straiten