Entry Word: straighten

Function: verb

Meaning: to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls <straighten that extension cord—it should be just long enough to reach the wall outlet>

Synonyms unbend, uncurl

Related Words uncoil, unwind; disentangle, untangle, untwine, untwist

Near Antonyms arc, bend, bow, hook, round; entwine, kink, swirl, turn, twine, twist; coil, loop, spiral, wind

Antonyms bend, crook, curl, curve