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Straighted
(gcide) | Straighten \Straight"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straighted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight
form.
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2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to
straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account.
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To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling,
etc., and compose one's features.
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straightedge
(encz) | straightedge,pravítko n: zednické; srovnávací lišta web |
Straightedge
(gcide) | Straightedge \Straight"edge`\, n.
A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly
straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or
a surface even, and for drawing straight lines.
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straightedge
(wn) | straightedge
n 1: hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal
or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test
their straightness) |
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