Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to straighten
Participle: straightened
Gerund: straightening
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | straighten |
| you | straighten |
| he;she;it | straightens |
| we | straighten |
| you | straighten |
| they | straighten |
Perfect
| I | have straightened |
| you | have straightened |
| he;she;it | has straightened |
| we | have straightened |
| you | have straightened |
| they | have straightened |
Past
| I | straightened |
| you | straightened |
| he;she;it | straightened |
| we | straightened |
| you | straightened |
| they | straightened |
Pluperfect
| I | had straightened |
| you | had straightened |
| he;she;it | had straightened |
| we | had straightened |
| you | had straightened |
| they | had straightened |
Future
| I | will straighten |
| you | will straighten |
| he;she;it | will straighten |
| we | will straighten |
| you | will straighten |
| they | will straighten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have straightened |
| you | will have straightened |
| he;she;it | will have straightened |
| we | will have straightened |
| you | will have straightened |
| they | will have straightened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | straighten |
| you | straighten |
| he;she;it | straighten |
| we | straighten |
| you | straighten |
| they | straighten |
Perfect
| I | have straightened |
| you | have straightened |
| he;she;it | have straightened |
| we | have straightened |
| you | have straightened |
| they | have straightened |
Imperfect
| I | straightened |
| you | straightened |
| he;she;it | straightened |
| we | straightened |
| you | straightened |
| they | straightened |
Pluperfect
| I | had straightened |
| you | had straightened |
| he;she;it | had straightened |
| we | had straightened |
| you | had straightened |
| they | had straightened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would straighten |
| you | would straighten |
| he;she;it | would straighten |
| we | would straighten |
| you | would straighten |
| they | would straighten |
Perfect
| I | would have straightened |
| you | would have straightened |
| he;she;it | would have straightened |
| we | would have straightened |
| you | would have straightened |
| they | would have straightened |
Imperative
| you | straighten |
| we | Let's straighten |
| you | straighten |
Verbs conjugated like 'straighten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'straighten'
streighten,
enstraighten,
restraighten,
straight,
straiten,
unstraighten,
brighten,
forlighten,
freighten,
frighten,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From straight + -en. Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).
Sample Sentences
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“ To Canada, ” said he, straightening himself up; “ and when I 'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. You have a kind master, that won't refuse to sell you. I'll buy you and the boy; — God helping me, I will ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and both her feet being jammed into his hat, which flies off in the concussion. After a few moments the “ slough ” is passed, and the horses stop, panting; — the senator finds his hat, the woman straightens her bonnet and hushes her child, and they brace themselves for what is yet to come.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The soldiers rather laughed at this blade than with him: seeming to say, as they stood straightening their canes in their hands, and looking coolly at him over their glazed stocks, ‘ Go on, my boy, while you may ! you 'll know better by-and-by: ’ when suddenly the novice, who had been backing [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ It does seem to me, my dear, that something might be done to straighten matters. Suppose we sell off all the horses, and sell one of your farms, and pay up square ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] I ’ s a gwine to Louisville tomorrow ! ” she said to George, as entering her cabin, he found her busy in sorting over her baby's clothes. “ I thought I'd jis look over sis's things, and get ’ em straightened up. But I 'm gwine, Mas’r George,—gwine to have four dollars a week; and Missis is gwine to lay it all up, to buy back my old man agin ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Please to let me alone ! ” said Adolph, fiercely, straightening himself up, with extreme disgust.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Dorcas removed a comforter from the bed, straightened the clothes again, and tucked them in till Tom looked something like a chrysalis; remarking, as she did so,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Mrs. Shelby, with characteristic energy, applied herself to the work of straightening the entangled web of affairs; and she and George were for some time occupied with collecting and examining accounts, selling property and settling debts; for Mrs. Shelby was determined that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)